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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is poor |
| Synonyms: | almsperson, bankrupt, beggar, bum, dependent, destitute, down-and-out, have-not, homeless person, in the gutter, indigent, insolvent, lazarus, mendicant, poor person, supplicant |
| Antonyms: | rich, wealthy |
| Main Entry: | street person |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | homeless person |
| Synonyms: | bag lady, bag person, beggar, bum, derelict, displaced person, down-and-out, drifter, hobo, homeless person, shopping-bag lady, shopping-bag person, tramp, vagabond, vagrant, wino |
| Main Entry: | tramp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is poor, desperate |
| Synonyms: | beggar, bum, derelict, down-and-out, drifter, floater, hitchhiker, hobo, homeless person, loafer, outcast, panhandler, vagabond, vagrant, wanderer |
| Notes: | a hobo is a migratory worker who likes to travel, a tramp travels without working, and a bum does not travel or work |
| Main Entry: | vagrant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person with no permanent home and often with no means of support |
| Synonyms: | drifter, floater, homeless person, itinerant, rolling stone, street person, transient, wanderer |
| Notes: | a vagabond refers to a person who leads a carefree, roaming existence; a vagrant ekes out a living by begging and is often considered a nuisance |
| Main Entry: | have-not |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pauper |
| Synonyms: | almsperson, bankrupt, beggar, bum, dependent, destitute, down-and-out, down-and-outer, homeless person, in the gutter, indigent, insolvent, lazarus, mendicant, poor person, supplicant |
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