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Poor is an adjective
Adjective

In grammar, an adjective is a word whose main syntax role is to grammatical modifier a noun or pronoun, giving more information about the noun or pronoun's definition....
 related to a state of poverty
Poverty

Poverty is the shortage of common things such as food, clothing, shelter and safe drinking water, all of which determine our quality of life. It may also include the lack of access to opportunities such as education and employment which aid the escape from poverty and/or allow one to enjoy the respect of fellow citizens....
, low quality
Quality

Quality may refer to:Concepts:* Quality * Quality , an attribute or a property* Quality , which has separate meanings in thermodynamics and harmonics...
 or pity
Pity

File:Pity.jpgPity evokes a tender or sometimes slightly contemptuous sorrow or empathy for a people, person, or animal in misery, pain, or distress....
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People with the surname
Surname

A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases a surname is a family name; the family-name meaning first appeared in 1375....
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Poor is an adjective
Adjective

In grammar, an adjective is a word whose main syntax role is to grammatical modifier a noun or pronoun, giving more information about the noun or pronoun's definition....
 related to a state of poverty
Poverty

Poverty is the shortage of common things such as food, clothing, shelter and safe drinking water, all of which determine our quality of life. It may also include the lack of access to opportunities such as education and employment which aid the escape from poverty and/or allow one to enjoy the respect of fellow citizens....
, low quality
Quality

Quality may refer to:Concepts:* Quality * Quality , an attribute or a property* Quality , which has separate meanings in thermodynamics and harmonics...
 or pity
Pity

File:Pity.jpgPity evokes a tender or sometimes slightly contemptuous sorrow or empathy for a people, person, or animal in misery, pain, or distress....
.

People with the surname
Surname

A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases a surname is a family name; the family-name meaning first appeared in 1375....
 Poor:
  • Charles Henry Poor
    Charles Henry Poor

    Rear Admiral Charles Henry Poor was a United States Navy officer of the mid-19th century.Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1808, Poor entered the Navy in 1825 and served nearly 30 years at sea....
    , a US Navy officer
  • Charles Lane Poor
    Charles Lane Poor

    Charles Lane Poor was born in Hackensack, New Jersey, the son of Edward Erie Poor. He graduated from the City College of New York and received a Ph.D....
    , an astronomer
  • Edward Erie Poor
    Edward Erie Poor

    Edward Erie Poor was an American banker. He served as Vice-President and then President of the National Park Bank from 1895-1900, succeeding Ebenezer K....
    , a vice president of the National Park Bank
  • Enoch Poor
    Enoch Poor

    Enoch Poor was a brigadier general in the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. He was a ship builder and merchant from Exeter, New Hampshire....
    , a brigidier-general in the American Revolution
  • Henry Varnum Poor
    Henry Varnum Poor

    Henry Varnum Poor was a 19th century American financier and founder of H.V. and H.W. Poor Co, which was later to become Standard & Poor's.Standard & Poor's traces its history back to 1860, with the publication of History of Railroads and Canals in the United States....
    , founder of Standard and Poor
  • Salem Poor
    Salem Poor

    Salem Poor was an African American soldier who fought with distinction at the Battle of Bunker Hill.Born into slavery in Andover, Massachusetts, Poor managed to purchase his freedom in 1769 for ?27....
    , an African-American soldier in the American Revolution