"homme de rien" meaning in Français

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Noun

IPA: \ɔm də ʁjɛ̃\ Forms: hommes de rien [plural], gens de rien [singular], femme de rien [feminine]
  1. Homme sans fortune et sans pouvoir.
    Sense id: fr-homme_de_rien-fr-noun-gJ64XmlH Categories (other): Exemples en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: vaurien

Inflected forms

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