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Adjective: homeless  howm-lus
  1. Without nationality or citizenship
    "homeless persons";
    - stateless
     
  2. Physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security
    "made a living out of shepherding homeless people from one country to another";
    - dispossessed, roofless
Noun: homeless  howm-lus
  1. Someone unfortunate without housing
    "a homeless was found murdered in Central Park";
    - homeless person
     
  2. Poor people who unfortunately do not have a home to live in
    "the homeless became a problem in the large cities"

See also: unfortunate, unsettled

Type of: poor, poor people, unfortunate, unfortunate person

Encyclopedia: Homeless