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[ paw-per ] / ˈpɔ pər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR pauper ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna person without any means of support, especially a destitute person who depends on aid from public welfare funds or charity. a very poor person. Origin of pauper1485–95; <Latin: poor OTHER WORDS FROM pauperpau·per·age, pau·per·dom, nounWords nearby pauperPaul VI, Paumgartner, Paumotu Archipelago, paunch, paunchy, pauper, pauperism, pauperize, paupiette, Paur, pauraque Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pauperHe returned home a pauper without a pension and 50 years later, at 70, chronicled the travails of the War of Independence. McCain’s 13 Favorite Soldiers|Sandra McElwaine|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST So, the prince in the old saying “eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper” might need to retire. How to Use Your Lunch Hour for Better Productivity, Without Ever Taking a Bite|Gregory Ferenstein|April 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST I felt that desperation and recklessness of poverty which only a pauper knows. Redburn. His First Voyage|Herman Melville The mother of four of them was a widow, the fifth child was apparently a pauper, billeted upon her in consideration of 5s. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 63, No. 391, May, 1848|Various
You act awful silly 'bout that feller, an' father says he's only a pauper anyway. Mr. Stubbs's Brother|James Otis Hence the pauper tax, occasioned by the use of tobacco, may be set down at three millions of dollars, annually. A Disquisition on the Evils of Using Tobacco|Orin Fowler Santara, the famous French painter, died neglected and penniless in a pauper hospital. Genius in Sunshine and Shadow|Maturin Murray Ballou
British Dictionary definitions for pauper
nouna person who is extremely poor (formerly) a destitute person supported by public charity Derived forms of pauperpauperism, nounWord Origin for pauperC16: from Latin: poor Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to paupersupplicant, down-and-out, bankrupt, beggar, dependent, have-not, mendicant, bum, insolvent, lazarus, destitute, indigent, in the gutter |