poorhouse poor • poorish · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · poorhouse · · Text Latin · · Script 9 · · Length Definitions · · · (noun) an establishment maintained at public expense in order to provide housing for the poor and homeless. · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · e latin small letter e U+0065 h latin small letter h U+0068 o latin small letter o U+006F p latin small letter p U+0070 r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 u latin small letter u U+0075