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deserving poor

deserving poor noun: poor people who are incapable of providing for themselves and thus seen as legitimate recipients of charity.

Noun

deserving poor pl (plural only)

  1. (dated, plural, plural-only) Poor people who are incapable of providing for themselves and thus seen as legitimate recipients of charity.

Antonyms of deserving poor

Questions about deserving poor

What does deserving poor mean?
Deserving poor means poor people who are incapable of providing for themselves and thus seen as legitimate recipients of charity.
What part of speech is deserving poor?
Deserving poor is a noun.

Words near deserving poor in the dictionary

  1. deservers
  2. deserves
  3. deservest
  4. deserveth
  5. deserving
  6. deserving poor
  7. deservingly
  8. deservingness
  9. deservings
  10. desethyl
  11. desethylamiodarone

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