WordNet
n. a person with few or no possessions [syn: have-not]
Wikipedia
A poor person is a legal status in many states in the United States that allows an individual to take action in certain legal matters, such as filing a lawsuit, without paying fees to the court. A person must petition the court for a Poor Person Order that allows them to avoid these fees.
Usage examples of "poor person".
Lloyal made sure that Heiler's beds refilled quickly, so that Henry and I would be presented right away with yet another poor person labeled BPO with SOO, Something Or Other, or DD (Dissociative Disorder) with SOO.
I am only a poor person of Sudra caste from the village of Anguda, but also one who may never be able to go back to what he was.
If they weren't, some poor person in Beaverton was in big trouble.
Sixty-five percent agreed that a poor person is more likely than a person of average or above-average income to receive the death penalty for the same crime.
Her instincts were to cover the poor person, to arrange their clothing, to give them some dignity that murder robbed.
It's too bad there is no way for a poor person to make a beginning as a writer now.