Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
poor person — noun a person with few or no possessions • Syn: ↑have not • Hypernyms: ↑unfortunate, ↑unfortunate person • Hyponyms: ↑white trash, ↑poor white trash, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Poor Laws — • Those legal enactments which have been made at various periods of the world s history in many countries for the relief of various forms of distress and sickness prevailing amongst the destitute. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Poor… … Catholic encyclopedia
person — per·son n 1: natural person 2: the body of a human being; also: the body and clothing of a human being had drugs on his person 3: one (as a human being or corporation) that is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties see also … Law dictionary
poor — I (inferior in quality) adjective bad, badly made, barely passable, base, beggarly, below par, below standard, cheap, coarse, common, contemptible, crude, defective, deficient, dubious, faulty, flimsy, gimcrack, imperfect, inadequate, inartistic … Law dictionary
poor white trash — noun (slang) an offensive term for White people who are impoverished (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑white trash • Usage Domain: ↑disparagement, ↑depreciation, ↑derogation, ↑slang, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
poor — [13] Poor came via Old French povre from Latin pauper ‘poor’. This is thought originally to have been a compound meaning literally ‘getting little’, formed from paucus ‘little’ (a distant relative of English few) and parāre ‘get, prepare’ (source … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
poor — [13] Poor came via Old French povre from Latin pauper ‘poor’. This is thought originally to have been a compound meaning literally ‘getting little’, formed from paucus ‘little’ (a distant relative of English few) and parāre ‘get, prepare’ (source … Word origins
poor — Destitute and helpless, lacking in ability to support oneself and without means of support. Busser v Snyder, 282 Pa 440, 128 A 80, 37 ALR 1515. See poor person … Ballentine's law dictionary
poor — [ pur ] adjective *** ▸ 1 lacking money ▸ 2 of low quality ▸ 3 not good enough ▸ 4 not skillful ▸ 5 lacking something important ▸ 6 less than expected ▸ 7 feeling sorry for someone ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) having little money and few possessions: a poor… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
poor — W1S1 [po: US pur] adj comparative poorer superlative poorest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(no money)¦ 2¦(not good)¦ 3¦(sympathy)¦ 4¦(not good at something)¦ 5¦(health)¦ 6 poor in something 7 a poor second/third etc … Dictionary of contemporary English
