pauper

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
13
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈpɔː.pə/
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/ˈpɔː.pə/ · /ˈpɔ.pɚ/ · /ˈpɑ.pɚ/(US) · /ˈpɒ.pɚ/(US) · /ˈpoː.pə/

Definition of pauper

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. One who is extremely poor.
    “He has hundreds of thousands of dollars in the bank, and he lives like a pauper!”
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noun

  1. One who is extremely poor.
    “He has hundreds of thousands of dollars in the bank, and he lives like a pauper!”
  2. One living on or eligible for public charity.

verb

  1. (transitive)To make a pauper of; to drive into poverty.
    ““There’s no sense in you paupering yourself because you’re too stubborn to take my money.” ¶ “I’m not paupering myself.””

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pauper (“poor”). Originally a legal term. Doublet of poor.

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