pauper
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pər noun
1.
a person without any means of support, especially a destitute person who depends on aid from public welfare funds or charity.
2.
a very poor person.
Origin:
1485–95; < Latin: poor
1485–95; < Latin: poor
Related forms
pau·per·age, pau·per·dom, noun
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| —n | |
| 1. | a person who is extremely poor |
| 2. | (formerly) a destitute person supported by public charity |
| [C16: from Latin: poor] | |
| 'pauperism | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
pauper
1516, "person destitute of property or means of livelihood," from L. pauper "poor," from pre-L. *pavo-pars "getting little," from pau-, root of paucus "little" + parere "get, produce" (see pare). Originally in Eng. a legal word, from L. phrase in forma pauperis (1495) "in the
character of a poor person."
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