"poorhouse" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: poorhouses [plural]
Etymology: poor + house Etymology templates: {{compound|en|poor|house}} poor + house Head templates: {{en-noun}} poorhouse (plural poorhouses)
  1. A charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged. Translations (charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged): πτωχοτροφεῖον (ptōkhotropheîon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), աղքատանոց (aġkʿatanocʿ) (Armenian), приют (prijut) [masculine] (Bulgarian), fattighus [neuter] (Danish), almozulejo (Esperanto), vaivaistalo (Finnish), vaivaistupa (Finnish), köyhäintalo (Finnish), Armenhaus [neuter] (German), φτωχόσπιτο (ftochóspito) [neuter] (Greek), ptocheum [neuter] (Latin), ptochotropheum [neuter] (Latin), сиротински дом (sirotinski dom) [masculine] (Macedonian), сиропиталиште (siropitalište) [neuter] (Macedonian), abrigo (Portuguese), puirshoose (Scots), fattighus [neuter] (Swedish), fattigstuga [common-gender] (Swedish), tloty [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-poorhouse-en-noun-gf-zpRmE Disambiguation of 'charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged': 98 2
  2. A workhouse. Categories (topical): Housing
    Sense id: en-poorhouse-en-noun-ahH7uoOW Disambiguation of Housing: 10 90 Categories (other): English endocentric compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 25 75 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 13 87 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: house

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