poor law poorish • poorliness · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · poor law · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 8 · · Length 2 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) a law providing support for the poor. Synonyms: poor law. · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · space U+0020 a latin small letter a U+0061 l latin small letter l U+006C o latin small letter o U+006F p latin small letter p U+0070 r latin small letter r U+0072 w latin small letter w U+0077