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Definition of pauper - 5 dictionary results

pau⋅per

[paw-per]
–noun
1. a person without any means of support, esp. a destitute person who depends on aid from public welfare funds or charity.
2. a very poor person.

Origin:
1485–95; < L: poor


pau⋅per⋅age, pau⋅per⋅dom, noun
pau·per   (pô'pər)   
n.  
  1. One who is extremely poor.
  2. One living on or eligible for public charity.

[From Latin, poor; see pau-1 in Indo-European roots.]

Pauper

Pau"per\, n. [L. See Poor.] A poor person; especially, one development on private or public charity. Also used adjectively; as, pouper immigrants, pouper labor.
Language Translation for : pauper
Spanish: indigente,
German: der, *die Arme,
Japanese: 貧困者

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."

Main Entry: pau·per
Pronunciation: 'po-p&r
Function: noun
: a person who is destitute and relying on charity; specifically : a person who is relieved of the costs and expenses of a court proceeding because of poverty
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