indigente

adj.

1 destitute, poor.

2 indigent, disadvantaged, poor, destitute.

f. & m.

1 poor person.

2 pauper, poor person, indigent, tramp.

3 bag lady.

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indigente

► adjetivo

1 indigent, poverty-stricken

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 poor person

■ los indigentes the needy

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1.

ADJ destitute

2.

SMF destitute person

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I

adjetivo (frml) destitute, indigent (frml)

II

masculino y femenino (frml) indigent (frml)

los indigentes — the destitute

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= needy [needier -comp., neediest -sup.], poverty-stricken, impecunious, indigent, destitute, vagrant, bag lady, pauper, shopping-bag lady, bagwoman, bagman.

Ex. By definition, these are benefits, often in cash, which the state has decided are required by various needy categories of its citizens.

Ex. The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.

Ex. Despite its impecunious state and lack of a home until 1928, the UK Library Association remained confident about the future of libraries and librarianship.

Ex. These indigents, known to the public as tramps & skid row winos, are very visible & more likely to be arrested for drunkenness & other petty offenses than a person with a permanent home.

Ex. The clarity of his drawings contrasts sharply with the total alienation in which he lived as a destitute mental patient with a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia.

Ex. This paper outlines the problems caused by vagrants who use public libraries as a refuge.

Ex. A sample of New York City's vagrant females were interviewed in the main bag lady territory in Manhattan.

Ex. Gavarni's illustrations of waifs, paupers, and beggars were later published separately, with captions added by the artist.

Ex. Shopping-bag ladies do not overtly beg, but they do not refuse what is offered.

Ex. I've always been afraid of somehow winding up as a bagwoman in the streets.

Ex. His hand went to the pistol in his belt as he turned and found a ragged, filthy bagman looking up at him from beneath a blanket of newspapers.

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* albergue para indigentes = poorhouse.

* indigentes, los = destitute, the.

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I

adjetivo (frml) destitute, indigent (frml)

II

masculino y femenino (frml) indigent (frml)

los indigentes — the destitute

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= needy [needier -comp., neediest -sup.], poverty-stricken, impecunious, indigent, destitute, vagrant, bag lady, pauper, shopping-bag lady, bagwoman, bagman.

Ex: By definition, these are benefits, often in cash, which the state has decided are required by various needy categories of its citizens.

Ex: The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.

Ex: Despite its impecunious state and lack of a home until 1928, the UK Library Association remained confident about the future of libraries and librarianship.

Ex: These indigents, known to the public as tramps & skid row winos, are very visible & more likely to be arrested for drunkenness & other petty offenses than a person with a permanent home.

Ex: The clarity of his drawings contrasts sharply with the total alienation in which he lived as a destitute mental patient with a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia.

Ex: This paper outlines the problems caused by vagrants who use public libraries as a refuge.

Ex: A sample of New York City's vagrant females were interviewed in the main bag lady territory in Manhattan.

Ex: Gavarni's illustrations of waifs, paupers, and beggars were later published separately, with captions added by the artist.

Ex: Shopping-bag ladies do not overtly beg, but they do not refuse what is offered.

Ex: I've always been afraid of somehow winding up as a bagwoman in the streets.

Ex: His hand went to the pistol in his belt as he turned and found a ragged, filthy bagman looking up at him from beneath a blanket of newspapers.

* albergue para indigentes = poorhouse.

* indigentes, los = destitute, the.

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indigente¹

adjective

(frml); destitute, indigent (frml)

indigente²

masculine and feminine

(frml)

indigent (frml)

los indigentes the destitute

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indigente adj frml poverty-stricken
'indigente' also found in these entries:
English:
destitute

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indigente

♦ adj

poor, destitute

♦ nmf

poor person;

los indigentes the poor, the destitute

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indigente

I adj destitute

II m/f poor person;

los indigentes the poor pl

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indigente adj & nmf

: indigent