poor
1Poor — Poor, a. [Compar. {Poorer} (?; 254); superl. {Poorest}.] [OE. poure or povre, OF. povre, F. pauvre, L. pauper; the first syllable of which is probably akin to paucus few (see {Paucity}, {Few}), and the second to parare to prepare, procure. See… …
2Poor — is an adjective related to a state of poverty, low quality or pity.People with the surname Poor: * Charles Henry Poor, a US Navy officer * Charles Lane Poor, an astronomer * Edward Erie Poor, a vice president of the National Park Bank * Enoch… …
3poor — UK US /pɔːr/ US /pʊr/ adjective ► having little money and/or few possessions: »It s offering to pay off 10 percent of the poor countries debt. »He came from a poor immigrant family. ► not good or operating well, or of a low quality or standard:… …
4Poor — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Enoch Poor (1736–1780), Schiffbauer und Händler aus Exeter, Brigadegeneral der Kontinentalarmee im Amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitskrieg. Salem Poor (* 1758), afroamerikanischer Soldat, der für seine… …
5poor — I (inferior in quality) adjective bad, badly made, barely passable, base, beggarly, below par, below standard, cheap, coarse, common, contemptible, crude, defective, deficient, dubious, faulty, flimsy, gimcrack, imperfect, inadequate, inartistic …
6Poor — Poor, n. (Zo[ o]l.) A small European codfish ({Gadus minutus}); called also {power cod}. [1913 Webster] …
7poor — (ind., spr. puhr), so v.w. Stadt …
8Poor — Henry, Verfasser des nach ihm benannten alljährlich in New York erscheinenden Jahrbuchs, Manual of the Railroads of the United States. Dieses Jahrbuch bringt nach den Mitteilungen der großen Mehrzahl der Eisenbahnverwaltungen der Vereinigten… …
9poor-do — /poor dooh /, n. Chiefly Midland and Central Atlantic States. scrapple. [1905 10, Amer.; of unclear derivation] * * * …
10poor — poorness, n. /poor/, adj., poorer, poorest, n. adj. 1. having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare. 2. Law. dependent upon charity or public support. 3. (of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly… …
