handicapped person

1. 1.

   a person who has some condition that markedly restricts their ability to function physically or mentally or socially

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Questions about handicapped person

What does handicapped person mean?

handicapped person means "a person who has some condition that markedly restricts their ability to function physically or mentally or socially".

Is handicapped person a common word?

handicapped person is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.