unpauperizedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈpɔːp(ə)rʌɪzd/, U.S. /ˌənˈpɔpəˌraɪzd/, /ˌənˈpɑpəˌraɪzd/ Now historical and rare.
Not pauperized; not (or no longer) destitute.
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the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective] > made wealthy
unpauperized1834
1834 Rep. Commissioners Poor Laws: App. (A.): Pt. I 591 a in Parl. Papers (H.C. 44) XXVIII. 1 He had in his employment a small band of steady, industrious, unpauperized labourers.
1842 Morning Chron. 3 Dec. In the unpauperized districts such a person would receive from twenty to twenty-five guineas.
1896 W. D. Howells Impressions & Experiences 135 It could not have been said that she was wholly unpauperised before she took it [sc. money].
1995 R. D. Anderson Educ. & Sc. People, 1750–1918 ii. 34 The parish school system, praised for producing a peaceful and unpauperized Scottish ‘peasantry’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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