noun
lonely person; forlorn person; poverty-stricken person
Literary and old-fashioned term for someone who is lonely, unwanted, or living in wretched poverty. Often carries a poetic or classical tone.
彼は世を捨てた佗人のように暮らしていた。
He lived like a forlorn hermit who had abandoned the world.
古い和歌には、わびびととしての寂しさが詠まれている。
In old waka poems, the loneliness of a forlorn person is expressed.