homeless Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet


Home"less adjective
Etymology
AS.hamleas.
Definitions
  1. Destitute of a home. -- Home"less*ness, n.

Webster 1913