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THE HALT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does the halt mean?
• THE HALT (noun)
The noun THE HALT has 1 sense:
1. (archaic) lame persons collectively
Familiarity information: THE HALT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(archaic) lame persons collectively
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Context example:
the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind
Hypernyms ("the halt" is a kind of...):
disabled; handicapped (people collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped)
Domain usage:
archaicism; archaism (the use of an archaic expression)
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