"rough sleeper" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-rough sleeper.ogg [Australia] Forms: rough sleepers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} rough sleeper (plural rough sleepers)
  1. (idiomatic, euphemistic) A homeless person who sleeps outdoors. Tags: euphemistic, idiomatic Categories (topical): People, Sleep Related terms: sleep rough Translations ((euphemistic) homeless person): 流浪者 (liúlàngzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), koditon (Finnish), asùnta (Yoruba)

Inflected forms

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