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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. someone unfortunate without housing;
- Example: "a homeless was found murdered in Central Park"
[syn: homeless, homeless person]

2. poor people who unfortunately do not have a home to live in;
- Example: "the homeless became a problem in the large cities"


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. without nationality or citizenship;
- Example: "stateless persons"
[syn: homeless, stateless]

2. physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security;
- Example: "made a living out of shepherding dispossed people from one country to another"- James Stern
[syn: dispossessed, homeless, roofless]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Homeless \Home"less\, a. [AS. h[=a]mleas.]
   Destitute of a home. -- Home"less*ness, n.
   [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

homeless \home"less\, n. pl.
   Those people who have no permanent residence, especially
   those who live outdoors due to poverty; usually used in the
   definite phrase the homeless.


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

homeless
    adj 1: without nationality or citizenship; "stateless persons"
           [syn: homeless, stateless]
    2: physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security;
       "made a living out of shepherding dispossed people from one
       country to another"- James Stern [syn: dispossessed,
       homeless, roofless]
    n 1: someone unfortunate without housing; "a homeless was found
         murdered in Central Park" [syn: homeless, homeless
         person]
    2: poor people who unfortunately do not have a home to live in;
       "the homeless became a problem in the large cities"