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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
in·di·gent       [in-di-juhnt] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished.
2.Archaic.
a.deficient in what is requisite.
b.destitute (usually fol. by of).
–noun
3.a person who is indigent.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L indigent- (s. of indigéns) prp. of indigére to need, lack, be poor, equiv. to ind- by-form of in- in-2 (cf. indagate) + -ig- (comb. form of egére to need, lack) + -ent- -ent]

—Related forms
in·di·gent·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. necessitous, penurious, distressed.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
in·di·gent       (ĭn'dĭ-jənt)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Experiencing want or need; impoverished. See Synonyms at poor.
  2. Archaic Lacking or deficient.

n.   A needy or destitute person.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin indigēns, indigent-, present participle of indigēre, to need : indu-, in; see en in Indo-European roots + egēre, to lack.]

in'di·gent·ly adv.
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indigent

adjective
poor enough to need help from others [syn: destitute] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: in·di·gent
Pronunciation: 'in-d&-j&nt
Function: adjective
: suffering from indigence indigent defendant was provided with counsel> —indigent noun

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Indigent

In"di*gent\, a. [L. indigent, L. indigens, p. p. of indigere to stand in need of, fr. OL. indu (fr. in- in) + L. egere to be needy, to need.]

1. Wanting; void; free; destitute; -- used with of. [Obs.] --Bacon.

2. Destitute of property or means of comfortable subsistence; needy; poor; in want; necessitous.

Indigent faint souls past corporal toil. --Shak.

Charity consists in relieving the indigent. --Addison.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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