pauper (Meaning)

Wordnet

pauper (n)

a person who is very poor

Webster

pauper (n.)

A poor person; especially, one development on private or public charity. Also used adjectively; as, pouper immigrants, pouper labor.

FAQs About the word pauper

a person who is very poorA poor person; especially, one development on private or public charity. Also used adjectively; as, pouper immigrants, pouper labor.

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The pauper begged on the streets, his clothes torn and his face etched with despair.

Despite his poverty, the pauper maintained a sense of dignity that belied his circumstances.

The wealthy aristocrat scorned the pauper, seeing him as an unfortunate wretch unworthy of charity.

The pauper's meager possessions consisted of a few scraps of clothing and a wooden bowl.