dispossessed

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. 2013.

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  • dispossessed — adj. physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security. 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

  • dispossessed — index poor (underprivileged) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • 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

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