dispossessed : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dispossessed	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for dispossessed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dispossessed adj physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security; "made a living out of shepherding dispossed people from one country to another"- James Stern Synonym(s): dispossessed, homeless, roofless
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dispossess \Dis`pos*sess"\ (?; see {Possess}), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dispossessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dispossessing}.] [Pref. dis- + possess: cf. F. d[82]poss[82]der.] To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to eject; -- usually followed by of before the thing taken away; as, to dispossess a king of his crown. Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain. --Goldsmith.