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have-not en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (contrastive, idiomatic, usually) A poor or underprivileged person.
    • A longtime advocate for racial and social justice with a degree from Virginia Commonwealth University, Walker, 40, got into politics at the urging of Edwards, an African American woman widely praised as a bridge-builder between the city’s haves and have-nots. 2021 April 5, Laura Vozzella, “Charlottesville mayor says graphic poem illustrates Black experience in city”, in The Washington Post:
  2. (idiomatic, uncommon) One who does not have some (contextually specified) thing.

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Antonyms

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