have-not

See also: have not

English

Noun

have-not (plural have-nots)

1. (usually contrastive) A poor or underprivileged person.
   • 2021 April 5, Laura Vozzella, “Charlottesville mayor says graphic poem illustrates Black experience in city”, in The Washington Post‎:

     A longtime advocate for racial and social justice with a degree from Virginia Commonwealth University, Walker, 40, got into politics at the urging of Edwards, an African American woman widely praised as a bridge-builder between the city’s haves and have-nots.

2. (uncommon) One who does not have some (contextually specified) thing.

Antonyms

• have