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pauper:
(plural: ‘paupers‘; pronunciation: the letters ‘pau’ rhyme with the word “paw” or the letters ‘au’ are said with a ‘o’ sound as in “for”)
a family of paupers
a very poor person; a beggar;
a poor person who lives on the charity of the community,
e.g.
He is such a pauper that he does not even have a blanket to cover himself in the winter!
Thirty-four paupers are fed every day at this charity home.
a pauper begging for alms
[Return to “beggar“.]
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