HOMELESS PERSON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does homeless person mean? 

• HOMELESS PERSON (noun)
  The noun HOMELESS PERSON has 1 sense:

1. someone unfortunate without housing

  Familiarity information: HOMELESS PERSON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOMELESS PERSON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone unfortunate without housing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

homeless; homeless person

Context example:

a homeless was found murdered in Central Park

Hypernyms ("homeless person" is a kind of...):

unfortunate; unfortunate person (a person who suffers misfortune)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "homeless person"):

bag lady (a homeless woman who carries all her possessions with her in shopping bags)

Holonyms ("homeless person" is a member of...):

homeless (poor people who unfortunately do not have a home to live in)