pauper
UK /ˈpɔːpə/ · US /ˈpɔ.pɚ/ noun, verb
Forms paupers paupering paupered
- noun One who is extremely poor.
- noun One living on or eligible for public charity.
- verb (transitive) To make a pauper of; to drive into poverty.
Synonyms
bankrupt beggar indigent insolvent have not lack-all Lazarus penny-father poor
Antonyms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin pauper (“poor”). Originally a legal term. Doublet of poor.
Webster’s 1913
- noun A poor person; especially, one development on private or public charity. Also used adjectively; as, pouper immigrants, pouper labor.
Etymology [L. See Poor.]
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “pauper”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details