POOR PERSON
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)
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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