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Definition of Illiterates
1. illiterate [n] - See also: illiterate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Illiterates
Literary usage of Illiterates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Free School System of the United States by Francis Adams (1875)
"The figures are as follow :— Going a step further, it will be found that in these
States the proportion of illiterates amongst foreigners enormously exceeds ..."
2. The Nation and the Schools: A Study in the Application of the Principle of by John Alexander Hull Keith, William Chandler Bagley (1920)
"The preceding table shows the distribution of native-born illiterates by groups
of states, and by states, both as to actual numbers and as to the per cent ..."
3. The Slums of Baltimore, Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia by United States Bureau of Labor, Victor Hugo Olmsted, Alfred S. Houghton (1894)
"illiterates, JiV SEX, OCCUPATION, AND AGE PERIODS. ... table illiterates include
all persons 10 years of age or over vhn can not both read ami write. ..."
4. A History of the United States Since the Civil War by Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer (1922)
"illiterates, incompetents, defaulters, embezzlers and other felons occupied
profitable posts as rewards for partisan service. They were "pestiferous ulcers ..."
5. Problems of American Democracy by Ray Osgood Hughes (1922)
"In reckoning illiterates the Census Bureau does not count those under ten years
of age. Compare this map with the maps on pages 129 and 141, and see if you ..."
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