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    POOR PERSON

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A person with few or no possessionsplay

    Synonyms:

    have-not; poor person

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    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"):

    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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