People Who Are Poor
the poor adjective
people who have little
money and few possessions.
beggar noun
someone who is very poor
and lives by asking people for money or food.
pauper noun
old-fashioned a very poor person.
the needy adjective
poor people.
the least/less privileged
people who are poor and
have no social advantages.
peasant noun
someone who works on
another person’s farm or on their own small farm. This word is used mainly
about people in poor countries or people in history.
the have-nots noun
the people in a society
who do not have much money or property.
the dispossessed adjective
formal people who are dispossessed.
basket case noun
informal a country or organization that has serious
financial problems.
white trash noun
mainly American offensive white people who are poor and badly
educated.
trailer trash noun
mainly American offensive an insulting word for poor people who live
in trailer parks.
panhandler noun
total words = 12
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