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The meaning of Pauper

Pauper – definition

noun

A very poor person.

Usage examples:

He died a pauper

Synonims:

Poor personIndigentBankruptInsolventBeggarMendicantDown-and-outHave-not
noun

A very poor person

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穷光蛋, 贫民, 穷的

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Pauper, Arm, Armlastige, Stumper, Armlastig, Iem. die pro deo an procederen

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Pauvre, Indigent

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Arm, Unterstützungsempfänger

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कंगाल, दरिद्र, अकिंचन, भिक्षुक

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Povero, Indigente

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극빈자, 생활 보조를 받는 극빈자

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Нищий, Бедняк, Нищенский, Живущий на пособие по бедности

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Pobre, Indigente

Word origin

late 15th century: from Latin, literally ‘poor’. The word's use in English originated in the Latin legal phrase in forma pauperis, literally ‘in the form of a poor person’ (allowing non-payme

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Pauper synonims

bankrupt

adjective

(of a person or organization) declared in law as unable to pay their debts.

Usage examples:

His father went bankrupt and the family had to sell their home
noun

A person judged by a court to be insolvent, whose property is taken and disposed of for the benefit of their creditors.

Usage examples:

But we will provide more effective protection against the small minority of bankrupts who abuse the…
verb

Reduce (a person or organization) to bankruptcy.

Usage examples:

The strike nearly bankrupted the union
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beggar

noun

A person, typically a homeless one, who lives by asking for money or food.

Usage examples:

How many times have you been asked in the street for some money from a seemingly homeless person or…
verb

Reduce (someone) to poverty.

Usage examples:

Why should i beggar myself for you?
noun

A poor person who lives by asking others for money or food

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down-and-out

adjective

Having no luck, no money, and no opportunities

Usage examples:

A down-and-out loser, nobody loves you when you're down and out., i was never a down-and-out, but i…
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have-not

idiom

To have no money

Usage examples:

He doesn't have a bean, other than what we give him.
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indigent

adjective

Poor; needy.

Usage examples:

A charity for the relief of indigent artists
noun

A needy person.

Usage examples:

Automatons, illiterates and indigents of every shape and size, don't stop but aid this cruel crusad…
adjective

Having no money or anything else of value

Usage examples:

An indigent family
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insolvent

adjective

Unable to pay debts owed.

Usage examples:

The company became insolvent
noun

An insolvent person.

Usage examples:

Since when did insolvents have the right to impose their failed prescriptions on flourishing entrep…
adjective

(esp. of a company) unable to pay what you owe because you do not have enough money

Usage examples:

When it discovered the loans could not be repaid, the bank became insolvent.
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mendicant

adjective

Given to begging.

Usage examples:

Possibly it was sheer vanity and love of easily-won applause that drove him to act out the role of …
noun

A beggar.

Usage examples:

I thought of dorothy wordsworth who coined the phrase, ‘the rant and cant of the staled beggar’, as…
noun

Someone, especially a member of a religious group, who lives by asking people they do not know for money

Usage examples:

She abandoned her job and her career, and lived as a homeless mendicant on the streets of philadelp…
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