Syn: homeless, roofless.
[WordNet 1.5]
made a living out of shepherding dispossessed people from one country to another --James Stern
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
dispossessed — index poor (underprivileged) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
dispossessed — dis|pos|sessed [ ,dıspə zest ] adjective FORMAL people who are dispossessed have had something valuable such as their land taken away from them a. the dispossessed people who are dispossessed … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
dispossessed — UK [ˌdɪspəˈzest] / US adjective formal a) people who are dispossessed have had something valuable such as their land taken away from them b) the dispossessed people who are dispossessed … English dictionary
dispossessed — adjective 1 having had property or land taken away 2 the dispossessed (plural) people who are dispossessed … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Dispossessed — Dispossess Dis pos*sess (?; see {Possess}), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dispossessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dispossessing}.] [Pref. dis + possess: cf. F. d[ e]poss[ e]der.] To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy of, particularly of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dispossessed — /dis peuh zest /, adj. 1. evicted, as from a dwelling, land, etc.; ousted. 2. without property, status, etc., as wandering or displaced persons; rootless; disfranchised. 3. having suffered the loss of expectations, prospects, relationships, etc.; … Universalium
dispossessed — dis|pos|sessed [ˌdıspəˈzest] n the dispossessed people who have had property or land taken away … Dictionary of contemporary English
dispossessed — indigent Those so described are unlikely to have owned valuable possessions in the first place: There the spit and polish troops are immigration police; the hordes, the Mexicans, Haitians, and other dispossessed people seeking illegal… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
dispossessed — adjective Date: 15th century deprived of homes, possessions, and security … New Collegiate Dictionary
dispossessed — adjective a) homeless b) impoverished … Wiktionary
