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Homeless
Definitions
- 1 Lacking a permanent place of residence. not-comparable
"Whenever I pass the park, I see the homeless people sleeping on the benches."
- 2 Containing no place that might be called home. not-comparable
"But I should turn mine ears and hear The moanings of the homeless sea, The sound of streams that swift or slow Draw down Æonian hills, and sow The dust of continents to be; […]"
- 1 physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security wordnet
- 2 without nationality or citizenship wordnet
- 1 A person who is homeless. nonstandard, offensive, possibly
"Oszlár Kálmán András, Yoga in the Bed: Tantric Continence & Spiritual Intimacy […] the jobseekers and homelesses or even the future prime minister, all of us are involved in formation of the new world."
- 2 poor people who unfortunately do not have a home to live in wordnet
- 3 someone unfortunate without housing wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English *homles, *hamles, from Old English hāmlēas (“homeless”), equivalent to home + -less. Cognate with Dutch heemloos, Danish hjemløs (“homeless”), Swedish hemlös (“homeless”). Compare also German heimatlos (“homeless”), Icelandic heimilislaus (“homeless”), West Frisian dakleas (“homeless”, literally “having no roof, roofless”).
From Middle English *homles, *hamles, from Old English hāmlēas (“homeless”), equivalent to home + -less. Cognate with Dutch heemloos, Danish hjemløs (“homeless”), Swedish hemlös (“homeless”). Compare also German heimatlos (“homeless”), Icelandic heimilislaus (“homeless”), West Frisian dakleas (“homeless”, literally “having no roof, roofless”).
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