DEAF PERSON
Dictionary entry overview: What does deaf person mean? • DEAF PERSON (noun)
The noun DEAF PERSON has 1 sense:
1. a person with a severe auditory impairment
Familiarity information: DEAF PERSON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DEAF PERSON (noun)
Meaning:
A person with a severe auditory impairment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("deaf person" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deaf person"):
lip reader (someone who can understand spoken words by watching the movements of a speaker's lips)
deaf-and-dumb person; deaf-mute; mute (a deaf person who is unable to speak)
Holonyms ("deaf person" is a member of...):
deaf (people who have severe hearing impairments)
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