DEAF PERSON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deaf person mean? 

• DEAF PERSON (noun)
  The noun DEAF PERSON has 1 sense:

1. a person with a severe auditory impairment

  Familiarity information: DEAF PERSON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEAF PERSON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person with a severe auditory impairment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("deaf person" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deaf person"):

lip reader (someone who can understand spoken words by watching the movements of a speaker's lips)

deaf-and-dumb person; deaf-mute; mute (a deaf person who is unable to speak)

Holonyms ("deaf person" is a member of...):

deaf (people who have severe hearing impairments)