deserving poor
noun1
Dated Poor people who are incapable of providing for themselves and thus seen as legitimate recipients of charity.
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noun
Dated Poor people who are incapable of providing for themselves and thus seen as legitimate recipients of charity.
Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.
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