pauper

CEFRC1

/ˈpɔː.pə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A very poor person.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    One living on or eligible for public charity.

Examples

  • Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.

  • The pauper was begging for a living.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈpoː.pə/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. To make a pauper of; to drive into poverty.

  2. One who is extremely poor.

More examples

In context

  • He has hundreds of thousands of dollars in the bank, and he lives like a pauper!

  • “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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Origin

noun

Learned borrowing from Latin pauper (“poor”). Originally a legal term. Doublet of poor.