noun (n)

• a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned(noun.person)

  Synonym:
  street child
  

  source: wordnet30
• Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice.(noun)

  source: webster1913