Definitions for dispossessedˌdɪs pəˈzɛst
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
dis•pos•sessedˌdɪs pəˈzɛst(adj.)
evicted, as from a dwelling or land; ousted.
Category: Business
without property, status, etc., as wandering or displaced persons; rootless; disfranchised.
having suffered the loss of prospects, relationships, etc.; disaffiliated; alienated.
Origin of dispossessed:
1590–1600
Princeton's WordNet
dispossessed, homeless, roofless(adj)
physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security
"made a living out of shepherding dispossed people from one country to another"- James Stern
Wiktionary
dispossessed(Adjective)
homeless
dispossessed(Adjective)
impoverished
Webster Dictionary
Dispossessed(u)
of Dispossess
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