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poorhouse

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English

Etymology

From poor +‎ house.

Noun

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poorhouse

poorhouse (plural poorhouses)

A charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged.
A workhouse.

Hypernyms

house

Translations

charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged

Armenian: աղքատանոց (hy) (aġkʻatanocʻ)
Bulgarian: приют (bg) m (prijut)
Danish: fattighus n
Esperanto: almozulejo
Finnish: vaivaistalo, vaivaistupa (fi), köyhäintalo
German: Armenhaus (de) n
Greek: πτωχοκομείο (el) n (ptochokomeío), φτωχοκομείο (el) n (ftochokomeío) (poorhouse), φτωχόσπιτο (el) n (ftochóspito) (house of poor people)
Ancient: πτωχοτροφεῖον n (ptōkhotropheîon)
Latin: ptocheum n, ptochotropheum n
Macedonian: сиротински дом m (sirotinski dom), сиропиталиште n (siropitalište)
Portuguese: abrigo (pt)
Scots: puirshoose
Swedish: fattighus (sv) n, fattigstuga c
Welsh: tloty m

Anagrams

house poor

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