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paupers

paupers is the plural of pauper.

paupers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pauper.

Meaning of pauper

Noun

pauper (plural paupers)

  1. 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
  2. One living on or eligible for public charity.

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Questions about paupers

What is paupers the plural of?
Paupers is the plural of pauper.

Words near paupers in the dictionary

  1. pauperized
  2. pauperizer
  3. pauperizers
  4. pauperizes
  5. pauperizing
  6. paupers
  7. paupers' funerals
  8. paupiette
  9. paupiettes
  10. Paupong
  11. Pauquachin

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