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 Definitions of dispossessed  [ˌdɪs pəˈzɛst]  

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Definition of 'dispossessed' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) dispossessed
evicted, as from a dwelling or land; ousted.

2.  dispossessed
without property, status, etc., as wandering or displaced persons; rootless; disfranchised.

3.  dispossessed
having suffered the loss of prospects, relationships, etc.; disaffiliated; alienated.

Etymology:  (1590–1600)

Definition of 'dispossessed' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) dispossessed, homeless, roofless
physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security
"made a living out of shepherding dispossed people from one country to another"- James Stern


Definition of 'dispossessed' Webster Dictionary 

1.  dispossessed
of Dispossess



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