Library / English Dictionary

HAVE-NOT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person with few or no possessions

Synonyms:

have-not; poor person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("have-not" is a kind of...):

unfortunate; unfortunate person (a person who suffers misfortune)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "have-not"):

poor white trash; white trash ((slang) an offensive term for White people who are impoverished)

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

pauper (a person who is very poor)

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

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