"homeless" in the noun sense
1. homeless, homeless person
someone unfortunate without housing
"a homeless was found murdered in Central Park"
2. homeless
poor people who unfortunately do not have a home to live in
"the homeless became a problem in the large cities"
"homeless" in the adjective sense
1. homeless, stateless
without nationality or citizenship
"stateless persons"
2. dispossessed, homeless, roofless
physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security
"made a living out of shepherding dispossed people from one country to another"- James Stern
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