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pauper
[ paw-per ]
noun
- a person without any means of support, especially a destitute person who depends on aid from public welfare funds or charity.
- a very poor person.
pauper
/ ˈ±èɔ˱èÉ™ /
noun
- a person who is extremely poor
- (formerly) a destitute person supported by public charity
Derived Forms
- ˈ±è²¹³Ü±è±ð°ùËŒ¾±²õ³¾, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±è²¹³Üp±ð°ù·²¹²µ±ð ±è²¹³Üp±ð°ù·»å´Ç³¾ noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of pauper1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of pauper1
Example Sentences
"The RFU keep trumpeting community rugby as the lifeblood of the game, while at the same time seemingly treating them like paupers."
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.
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.
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.
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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