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indigent

Definitions of indigent
  1. noun
    a person who is very poor
    synonyms: pauvre
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    types:
    mendiante
    a pauper who lives by begging
    profiteur, resquilleur, tapeur
    someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)
    mendiant, mendiante
    a beggar who approaches strangers asking for money
    type of:
    pauvre, pauvresse, sans-le-sou
    a person with few or no possessions
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