the poor

PLURAL NOUN:

1. (used with a plural verb) Usually "the poor," poor persons collectively: 
sympathy for the poor. —Dictionary.com. 

2.  (as collective noun; preceded by the) those who are lacking financial or other means of subsistence; the needy.

3. poor people: 
He gave money to the poor. —Merriam-Webster.

4. (in American English) poor, or needy, people collectively. —Collins Dictionary.

Origin:

See poor.

Sources: 1, 2, 3.

Added: 11 August 2020 {1:50 PM}