clochard
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9.9
- noun
- /kloʊˈʃɑr/
- Offensive
- The clochard on the corner of the street often shares stories of his travels with anyone who stops to listen.
Examples
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I sat in the park looking up at the sky when a clochard sat on the other end of the park bench.
Blog text (2) -
Two of the men were clochards.
Fiction book (1991) -
Manfred said, "Some years ago - during a photo club trip in Munich - I met a white-bearded Clochard sitting on the street."
Academic text (2001) -
Not that the Justica did squat about anything it called "local issues," and the clochards definitely were that.
Fiction book (1991) -
The bridge is always crowded with vehicles, clochards, salespeople, college students, the aged, infants, and dogs.
Fiction book (2000) -
While walking through the city, I noticed a clochard rummaging through a trash can for something to eat.
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In Paris, many clochards seek shelter in the metro stations during the cold nights.
Synonyms
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2.3
A person who has no home and often lives on the streets
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5.9
A person who moves from place to place and has no permanent home or steady job
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7.7
A person who has no home and moves from place to place, often begging
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5.6
A person without a home who sleeps outdoors or in public places
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6.1
A person who has no home and travels, often begging or doing casual work
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7.6
A person who moves from place to place without a home or job
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8.4
A person who has no home or job and is ignored by other people
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8.3
A person who moves from place to place without a home
How Homeless
Surface Forms
Etymology
Clochard comes from the French word cloche 'bell', and a helpful image is of people who begged or slept near church bells in the streets. So clochard became a word for a 'homeless person' or tramp, especially in Paris.