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homeless, a.|ˈhəʊmlɪs|
[f. home n. + -less.]
1. Having no home or permanent abode. Usually of persons; hence transf. of their condition, etc. (In quot. 1615 quasi-adv. in comb.)
1615Chapman Odyss. i. 94 His daughter 'tis, who holds this homeless-driuen, Still mourning with her. 1782V. Knox Ess. cxlv. (R.), Friendless, homeless, unbeloved, unregarded. 1793Cowper A Tale 28 Or was the merchant charged to bring The homeless birds a nest? 1802Wordsw. Sonn., ‘Jones! as from Calais’, A homeless sound of joy was in the sky. 1871R. Ellis Catullus lxiii. 58 Shall a homeless Attis hie him to the groves uninhabited?
2. Affording no home or dwelling-place.
1797Mrs. Radcliffe Italian vi, Going forth into a new and homeless world. 1812J. Wilson Isle of Palms ii. 455 Thus left by herself on the homeless sea.
Hence ˈhomelessly adv., in a homeless condition, without a home. ˈhomelessness, homeless condition.
1829Blackw. Mag. XXVI. 286 Who o'er this scene of clay Once wandered homelessly. 1848Dickens Dombey xlviii, Forgetful of her homelessness. 1862R. Vaughan Eng. Nonconf. 41 His life of poverty and homelessness.
▸ B. n. With pl. concord. With the. Homeless people as a class.
1809A. Wilson Foresters in Poems & Lit. Prose (1876) ii. 128 Blest Hospitality..for the homeless and the exiled lives, And smiles the sweeter still the more she gives. 1882Good Words Apr. 263 One may be specially ‘called’ to shelter the homeless. 1911World Today July 857 (heading) Living with the homeless. 1943E. Muir Coll. Poems (1960) 95 We saw the homeless waiting in the street Year after year. 1993Canad. Living Mar. 88/2 Representatives of three agencies that run drop-in centres and services for the homeless met with a group of policemen to help them understand homeless people and their problems. |