pauper
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pauper
- /ˈpɔːpə/ UK
- /ˈpoːpə/ Australia, British, New Zealand
- /ˈpɔ.pɚ/ US
- /ˈpɑ.pɚ/ Canada, US, cot caught merger
- /ˈpɒ.pɚ/ Canada, US, cot caught merger
- /ˈpɔ.pəɾ/ Scotland
Sounds like popper (cot–caught merger) · Rhymes with -ɔːpə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin pauper (“poor”). Originally a legal term. Doublet of poor.
noun paupers
- One who is extremely poor. He has hundreds of thousands of dollars in the bank, and he lives like a pauper!
- One living on or eligible for public charity.
Similar: bankrupt, beggar, indigent, insolvent, have not, lack-all, Lazarus, pauper, penny-father, poor · Opposite: moneybags, plutocrat, tycoon
verb paupers · paupering · 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.”
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noun one who is extremely poor
| Español | indigente |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 빈자 binja, 빈민 binmin, 극빈자 geukbinja |
| 日本語 | 貧民 hinmin, 貧困者 hinkonsha, 貧者 hinja |
| 中文 | 窮光蛋 /穷光蛋 qióngguāngdàn, 窮鬼 /穷鬼 qióngguǐ |
| Kiswahili | fukara |
| Português | indigente |
| Français | pauvre, indigent |
| Deutsch | Bettelknabe, Armer |
| Italiano | indigente, poveraccio, povero, nullatenente, bisognoso |
| Ελληνικά | πένης pénis |
| Русский | ни́щий níščij, бедня́к bednják, бе́дный bédnyj, неиму́щий neimúščij, нужда́ющийся nuždájuščijsja |
| العربية | فَقِير faqīr |
| עברית | עני aní |
noun one living on or eligible for public charity
| Deutsch | Unterstützungsempfänger |
|---|---|
| Italiano | indigente |
| Ελληνικά | άπορος áporos, ζητιάνος zitiános |
Talk about this word "pauper." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pauper. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pauper. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pauper "pauper." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pauper.Cite this
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title = {pauper},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pauper},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
