rough sleeper

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

rough sleeper (plural rough sleepers)

1. (idiomatic, euphemistic) A homeless person who sleeps outdoors.
   • 2019 June 3, Jon Henley, “'It’s a miracle': Helsinki's radical solution to homelessness”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     In England, meanwhile, government figures show the number of rough sleepers – a small fraction of the total homeless population – climbed from 1,768 in 2010 to 4,677 last year (and since the official count is based on a single evening, charities say the real figure is far higher).

Related terms

• sleep rough

Translations

(euphemistic) homeless person

• Catalan: sensesostre (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 流浪者 (liúlàngzhě)

• Finnish: koditon (fi)
• French: sans-abri (fr) m
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Yoruba: asùnta

Further reading

• rough sleeper on Wikipedia.Wikipedia