homeless

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Having nowhere to live.

   Many homeless people sleep on the benches in the park.

2. 2
   noun

   People who have no home to live in.

   The charity provides hot meals for the homeless.

From Middle English *homles, *hamles, from Old English hāmlēas (“homeless”), equivalent to home + -less. Cognate with Dutch heemloos, Danish hjemløs (“homeless”), Swedish hemlös (“homeless”). Compare also German heimatlos (“homeless”), Icelandic heimilislaus (“homeless”), West Frisian dakleas (“homeless”, literally “having no roof, roofless”).

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