Forlorn

Definition of Forlorn

For`lorn´
a.1.Deserted; abandoned; lost.
Of fortune and of hope at once forlorn.
- Spenser.
Some say that ravens foster forlorn children.
- Shak.
2.Destitute; helpless; in pitiful plight; wretched; miserable; almost hopeless; desperate.
For here forlorn and lost I tread.
- Goldsmith.
The condition of the besieged in the mean time was forlorn in the extreme.
- Prescott.
She cherished the forlorn hope that he was still living.
- Thomson.
A forlorn hope
(Mil.) a body of men (called in F. enfants perdus, in G. verlornen posten) selected, usually from volunteers, to attempt a breach, scale the wall of a fortress, or perform other extraordinarily perilous service; also, a desperate case or enterprise.
n.1.A lost, forsaken, or solitary person.
Forced to live in Scotland a forlorn.
- Shak.
2.A forlorn hope; a vanguard.
Our forlorn of horse marched within a mile of the enemy.
- Oliver Cromvell.

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