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Indigent

Indigent Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Indigent? [adj] poor enough to need help from others Synonyms \| Synonyms for Indigent: destitute \| impoverished \| necessitous \| needy \| poor \| poverty-stricken Related Terms \| Find terms related to Indigent: almsman \| almswoman \| bankrupt \| beggar \| beggared \| beggarly \| bereaved \| bereft \| casual \| charity case \| deprived \| destitute \| disadvantaged \| down-and-out \| down-and-outer \| flat broke \| fleeced \| ghettoized \| hard up \| hardcase \| impecunious \| impoverished \| in need \| in rags \| in want \| mendicant \| necessitous \| needy \| on relief \| out at elbows \| pauper \| pauperized \| penniless \| penniless man \| penurious \| poor \| poor devil \| poor man \| poorling \| poverty-stricken \| short \| starveling \| strapped \| stripped \| underprivileged \| welfare client See Also \| Indigent In Webster's Dictionary \In"di*gent\, a. [L. indigent, L. indigens, p. p. of indigere to stand in need of, fr. OL. indu (fr. in- in) + L. egere to be needy, to need.] 1. Wanting; void; free; destitute; -- used with of. [Obs.] --Bacon. 2. Destitute of property or means of comfortable subsistence; needy; poor; in want; necessitous. Indigent faint souls past corporal toil. --Shak. Charity consists in relieving the indigent. --Addison.

Indigent Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Indigent?

[adj] poor enough to need help from others

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Indigent In Webster's Dictionary

\In"di*gent\, a. [L. indigent, L. indigens, p. p. of
indigere to stand in need of, fr. OL. indu (fr. in- in) + L.
egere to be needy, to need.]
1. Wanting; void; free; destitute; -- used with of. [Obs.]
   --Bacon.

2. Destitute of property or means of comfortable subsistence;
   needy; poor; in want; necessitous.

         Indigent faint souls past corporal toil. --Shak.

         Charity consists in relieving the indigent.
                                               --Addison.

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