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poor person

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Noun1.poor personpoor person - a person with few or no possessions
have-not
unfortunate, unfortunate person - a person who suffers misfortune
poor white trash, white trash - (slang) an offensive term for White people who are impoverished
down-and-out - a person who is destitute; "he tried to help the down-and-out"
pauper - a person who is very poor
drifter, vagrant, vagabond, floater - a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support


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If you please, miss, did you know a poor person of the name of Jenny?
Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context
Yes, in a private Asylum, where a sum of money, which no poor person could afford to give, must have been paid for her maintenance as a patient.
The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie View in context
Of course I never to my knowledge see the poor person himself.
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
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