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POOR PERSON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does poor person mean? 

POOR PERSON (noun)
  The noun POOR PERSON has 1 sense:

1. a person with few or no possessions

  Familiarity information: POOR PERSON used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


POOR PERSON (noun)


Sense 1poor person [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

A person with few or no possessions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

have-not; poor person

Hypernyms ("poor person" is a kind of...):

unfortunate; unfortunate person (a person who suffers misfortune)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "poor person"):

down-and-out (a person who is destitute)

pauper; poor man (a person who is very poor)

drifter; floater; vagabond; vagrant (a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support)


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