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pauper

[ paw-per ]

noun

  1. a person without any means of support, especially a destitute person who depends on aid from public welfare funds or charity.
  2. a very poor person.


pauper

/ ˈ±èɔ˱èÉ™ /

noun

  1. a person who is extremely poor
  2. (formerly) a destitute person supported by public charity
“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
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ±è²¹³Ü±è±ð°ùËŒ¾±²õ³¾, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±è²¹³Üp±ð°ù·²¹²µ±ð ±è²¹³Üp±ð°ù·»å´Ç³¾ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pauper1

1485–95; < Latin: poor
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pauper1

C16: from Latin: poor
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"The RFU keep trumpeting community rugby as the lifeblood of the game, while at the same time seemingly treating them like paupers."

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Gi-hun, meanwhile, is living like a pauper, holed up in an empty fleabag hotel he owns and refusing to spend any of the fortune he’d won on himself.

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But Candy is a pauper compared with Musk, the serial entrepreneurial disruptor in business with his rockets, electric cars and social media platform, now doing the same in politics.

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The adults in the graves are presumed to be what are known as "pauper’s burials", for individuals whose families could not afford to pay for a grave.

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He kept a stash of money sewed into his ragged coat and conveniently escaped for a hot bath and a good meal while pretending to pass as a pauper.

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