self-supporting people
noun phraseUK /ˌself səˈpɔːtɪŋ ˈpiːpl/
US /ˌself səˈpɔːrtɪŋ ˈpiːpl/
Self-supporting people are people who can take care of themselves without help from others.
The self-supporting people in the village grow their own food and build their own homes.
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2. People who earn enough money to pay for their own living costs.
After college, she became one of the self-supporting people in her family.
3. People or groups that do not need outside funding to keep going.
The club is run by self-supporting people who collect their own dues.
4. People who can stand or hold themselves up without physical support.
With the new braces, he joined the self-supporting people walking without crutches.