Definition of "indigent" []

• Experiencing want or need; impoverished. See Synonyms at poor. (adjective)
• Archaic Lacking or deficient. (adjective)
• A needy or destitute person. (noun)

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• "He, to hear my mother's name made a byword and reproach, myself alluded to as the indigent daughter of an outcast, -- he, who seemed already lifted as high above me on the eagle wings of fortune, as the eyry of the king-bird is above the nest of the swallow, -- it was more than I could bear."
• "Bruce Harris says, "The word indigent and veteran should never go together.""
• "This creep claims he is "indigent" -- but can afford at least $200,000 to get out of jail???"