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pauper noun [ ˈpɔːpə ]

• a very poor person.
• "he died a pauper"
Similar: poor person, indigent, bankrupt, insolvent, beggar, mendicant, down-and-out, have-not,
Origin: late 15th century: from Latin, literally ‘poor’. The word's use in English originated in the Latin legal phrase in forma pauperis, literally ‘in the form of a poor person’ (allowing non-payment of costs).


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