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pauper

(pɔːpəʳ)
Word forms: plural paupers
countable noun
A pauper is a very poor person.
[formal]
He died a pauper and is buried in an unmarked grave.
Synonyms: down-and-out, have-not, bankrupt, beggar More Synonyms of pauper

pauper in British English

(ˈpɔːpə)
noun
1. 
a person who is extremely poor
2. 
(formerly) a destitute person supported by public charity
Derived forms
pauperism (ˈpauperˌism)
noun
Word origin
C16: from Latin: poor

pauper in American English

(ˈpɔpər)
noun
1.  Obsolete
a person who lives on charity, esp. on tax-supported charity
2. 
any person who is extremely poor
Word origin
L, poor person, poor

Examples of 'pauper' in a sentence
pauper

We have to look after prince and pauper alike.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Yet fail and he'll be no king but a pauper.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
At night you can dine like a king on a pauper's purse.
The Sun (2007)
This was a proud generation with a horror of pauper's funerals.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
This is what would once have been called a pauper's funeral.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Many struggling families who are keen to avoid a pauper's funeral are forced to extreme lengths.
The Sun (2012)
They would be barred whether the object of the photographers' interest was a prince or a pauper.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Both prince and pauper have the physical scars to add a dose of perspective to the hype and glory of the Cup.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
A war veteran was given a pauper's funeral after a care home manager stole his life savings.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The trend left councils footing the average 950 cost of a pauper's funeral.
The Sun (2014)
The costs are forcing more people into so-called pauper's funerals.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This was the more honest approach, though Train himself died a pauper.
Andro Linklater MEASURING AMERICA (2002)
Where, prince or pauper, when you stand at that bar you are just another thirsty punter?
The Sun (2014)
Her father could give her away as he would - prince or pauper, it did not matter.
Travers, P L What the Bee Knows - reflections on myth, symbol and story (1989)
When she died of a heart attack she faced a pauper's burial - until her incredible story emerged.
The Sun (2010)
He died alone at home last month aged 88 and was facing a pauper's funeral before pals raised thousands of pounds.
The Sun (2013)
(noun) 
Definition
a person who is extremely poor
Mozart died a pauper.
Synonyms
down-and-out
some poor down-and-out in need of a meal
have-not
bankrupt
Three years later he was declared a bankrupt.
beggar
Now I am a beggar, having lost everything except life.
insolvent
indigent
poor person
mendicant
He had no fear that he would ever become a mendicant.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of bankrupt
Definition
a person, declared by a court to be unable to pay his or her debts, whose property is sold and the proceeds distributed among the creditors
Three years later he was declared a bankrupt.
Synonyms
bankrupt person,
debtor,
insolvent
in the sense of beggar
Definition
a person who lives by begging
Now I am a beggar, having lost everything except life.
Synonyms
vagrant (old-fashioned),
tramp (old-fashioned),
bankrupt,
bum (informal),
derelict (old-fashioned),
drifter,
down-and-out,
pauper (old-fashioned),
hobo (US),
vagabond (old-fashioned),
bag lady,
dosser (British, slang),
derro (Australian, slang),
starveling (old-fashioned)
in the sense of mendicant
Definition
a beggar
He had no fear that he would ever become a mendicant.
Synonyms
beggar,
tramp,
vagrant,
bum (US, informal),
pauper,
hobo (US),
scrounger (informal),
vagabond,
sponger (informal),
derro (Australian, slang),
quandong (Australian, slang)

Nearby words of
pauper

  • patterned
  • paucity
  • paunch
  • pauper
  • pauperism
  • pauperize
  • pause

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