indigent
A person in need, or in povertyA person in need, or in poverty.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Meaning
1 sensesA person in need, or in poverty.
Bedürftiger, Notleidender, Armer
Examples
3 sentencesHelp is available to indigent borrowers.
He's in a program for indigent patients.
Being indigent is a misfortune, not a crime.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English indigent, from Old French indigent, from Latin indigēns, present partiFrom Middle English indigent, from Old French indigent, from Latin indigēns, present participle of indigeō (“to need”), from indu (“in, within”) + egeō (“to be in need, want”).
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Forms
plural: indigentsSynonyms
10 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsSee also
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