Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
INDIGENT
destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken
(adjective) poor enough to need help from others
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
indigent (comparative more indigent, superlative most indigent)
Poor; destitute; in need.
Synonym: Thesaurus:impoverished
Antonym: affluent
(archaic) Utterly lacking or in need of something specified.
Noun
indigent (plural indigents)
A person in need, or in poverty.
Synonyms
• See pauper
Anagrams
• enditing
Source: Wiktionary
In"di*gent, a. Etym: [L. indigent, L. indigens, p. p. of indigere to stand in need of, fr. OL. indu (fr. in- in) + L. egere to be needy, to need.]
1. Wanting; void; free; destitute; -- used with of. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. Destitute of property or means of comfortable subsistence; needy; poor; in want; necessitous. Indigent faint souls past corporal toil. Shak. Charity consists in relieving the indigent. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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