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Meanings of poor people in English

Portuguese
pobres

People without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)

      pobres
      Usage of poor people in English
      1
      I can better serve society by working to help feed poor people.
      The Irish Times
      2
      Living among animals is risking the health of poor people in cities.
      The Guardian
      3
      My poor people have suffered too much; they are in great desolation.
      A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 3
      4
      These poor people are certainly embraced in the Divine plan of mercy.
      In Darkest England, and the Way Out
      5
      The charity provides health and social services to poor people in Auckland.
      Radio NZ
      6
      But in the poor people's houses the stoves are built of brick.
      Big People and Little People of Other Lands
      7
      The treatment these poor people by the nation is a crying scandal.
      In Darkest England, and the Way Out
      8
      Yet the rich people say that the poor people are getting prosperous.
      Writing for Vaudeville
      9
      The poor people did not respond to sermons as did the well-to-do.
      Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III
      10
      The poor people who are expelled from the land cannot be sold.
      The Slave Trade, Domestic and Foreign / Why It Exists, and How I...
      11
      I do not think in England poor people would buy old tea-leaves.
      Far Off; Or, Asia and Australia Described / With Anecdotes and I...
      12
      There were also several photographs of poor people in their Sunday clothes.
      In the Wilderness
      13
      The poor people stood by, wringing their hands and watching the flames.
      The Valley of Vision : A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tale...
      14
      It was better than some of the poor people's houses in Fairport.
      Beautiful Joe: An Autobiography
      15
      A single bishop, in the third century, supported two thousand poor people.
      The Old Roman World : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilizati...
      16
      I hate poor people; I hate unfortunate people; in fact, confound it!
      Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing
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      Translations for poor people
      Portuguese
      pobres
      Poor people through the time
      Poor people across language varieties
      South Africa
      Common
      United Kingdom
      Common
      Australia
      Less common
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