pauper
Syllables: pau·perUK/ˈpɔːpə/
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Australia/ˈpoːpə/
pauper noun: one who is extremely poor.
Noun
pauper (plural paupers)
- One who is extremely poor.
- He has hundreds of thousands of dollars in the bank, and he lives like a pauper!1991, Art Spiegelman, Maus I: My Father Bleeds History, New York: Pantheon Books, page 132
- One living on or eligible for public charity.
Verb
pauper (third-person singular simple present paupers, present participle paupering, simple past and past participle paupered)
- 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.”2017, Naomi Rawlings, Love's Christmas Hope, →ISBN, page 86
pauper meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
pauper in Hindi
- pauper, beggar, a poor person
- मोहताज mohtāj
- a pauper
- रंक raṅk
pauper in Tamil
- வறியர், வழக்கு வறியவர், வெங்கர, வெண்ணிலையாளர்
pauper in Urdu
- کنگال, محتاج, نادار, قلاش
pauper in Bengali
- নিঃস্ব, অতি দরিদ্র ব্যক্তি
More languagesFewer languages
- pauper in Malayalam
- ദരിദ്രൻ, ഭിക്ഷു, നിരാശ്രയൻ, നിർദ്ധനൻ
- pauper in Kannada
- ದರಿದ್ರ, ಭಿಕಾರಿ, ನಿರ್ಗತಿಕ, ಭಿಕ್ಷುಕ
- pauper in Arabic
- فَقِير faqīr
- pauper in Persian
- بدبخت badbaxt, بینوا bi-navâ, مستحق mostahaq, نیازمند niyâzmand
Synonyms of pauper
Antonyms
Forms of pauper
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | paupers |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | paupers |
| present participle | paupering |
| past participle | paupered |
| past | paupered |
Origin of pauper
Learned borrowing from Latin pauper (“poor”). Originally a legal term. Doublet of poor.
Words formed from pauper
Words that rhyme with pauper
Questions about pauper
- What does pauper mean?
- Pauper means one who is extremely poor.
- What is pauper in Hindi?
- Pauper in Hindi is मोहताज (mohtāj), रंक (raṅk). See Pauper meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is pauper?
- Pauper can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce pauper?
- Pauper is pronounced /ˈpɔːpə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of pauper?
- The plural of pauper is paupers.
Words near pauper in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pauper (page history and authors); मोहताज (Hindi) (page history and authors); pauper (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pauper (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Pauper (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pauper (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pauper (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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