Synonyms for have-not

Grammar : Noun

Spell : hav-not, -not

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhævˌnɒt, -ˈnɒt

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Définition of have-not

Origin : "poor person," 1742, from have + not. Have in the sense of "one who 'has,' one of the wealthier class of persons" is from the same source. Earliest in translation of "Don Quixote:
'A fig for Basilius's abilities! for, you are worth just as much as you have, and you have just as much as you are worth. There are but two families in the world, as my grandmother used to say; "the Have's and the Have-not's," and she stuck to the former; and now-a-days, master Don Quixote, people are more inclined to feel the pulse of Have than of Know.' ["Don Quixote de la Mancha," transl. Charles Jarvis, London, 1742]

noun pauper

Example sentences :

Africa is and has been throughout history a have-not continent.
Extract from : « Border, Breed Nor Birth » by Dallas McCord Reynolds

He was so frightfully tired of life and its struggles; tired of being a Have-Not.
Extract from : « The Lee Shore » by Rose Macaulay

And all the attendant causes for race wars, nationalist wars, and have-not wars would crop up.
Extract from : « The Merchants of Venus » by A. H. Phelps

On top of that handicap was another; the have-not nations were so far behind economically that they couldn't get going.
Extract from : « Black Man's Burden » by Dallas McCord Reynolds

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