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deaf

noun [plural]
 
 
/def/

Definition

the deaf people who are unable to hear: Many of the TV programmes are broadcast with subtitles for the deaf.Handicap and the disabled
(Definition of deaf noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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