pauper

pau·per  (pôpr)

n.

1. One who is extremely poor.

2. One living on or eligible for public charity.

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

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pauper

Noun

Old-fashioned

1. a person who is extremely poor

2. (formerly) a person supported by public charity [Latin: poor]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

pauper - a person who is very poor beggar, mendicant - a pauper who lives by begging derelict - a person without a home, job, or property have-not, poor person - a person with few or no possessions starveling - someone who is starving (or being starved)

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pauper

noun down-and-out, have-not, bankrupt, beggar, insolvent, indigent, poor person, mendicant

Translations

pauper [ˈpɔːpəʳ] n → pobre m/f

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pauper [ˈpɔːpəʳ] n → indigent(e);

pauper's grave → fosse commune

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pauper [ˈpɔːpəʳ] n → Arme(r) f(m);

pauper's grave → Armengrab nt

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pauper [ˈpɔːpəʳ] n → indigente m/f;

pauper's grave → fossa comune