Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (p. p.) of Forlese. 2. (v. t.) Deserted; abandoned; lost. 3. (v. t.) Destitute; helpless; in pitiful plight; wretched; miserable; almost hopeless; desperate. 4. (n.) A lost, forsaken, or solitary person. 5. (n.) A forlorn hope; a vanguard.

Multi-Version Concordance Forlorn (3 Occurrences) 1 Samuel 2:5 They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry have ceased; while the barren hath borne seven, she that had many children hath languished. (See RSV) Psalms 35:12 They repay me evil for good; bereavement is come to my soul. (See RSV NIV) Isaiah 27:10 For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation abandoned and forsaken, like the wilderness; there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof (See NAS)