Definition of pauper in English:

pauper

noun ˈpɔːpəˈpɔpər

1A very poor person.
穷人，贫民
he died a pauper
Example sentencesExamples
- Unlike some of the ultra rich who will benefit from an illconceived scheme, some of the Irish players would be paupers by comparison.
- And the heat went out of the pursuit eventually, and when he died in 1762, although a pauper, he was no longer a fugitive.
- Was your great grandfather a prince or a pauper?
- Not that my parents are paupers - they wouldn't want people to think they don't make a living - but they're comfortable.
- Directors of such banks prosper while depositors turn paupers.
- The whole world was there - princes, kings, paupers, and priests - and an elation was felt that had never before been attained.
- The hosts began the game like kings but ended up paupers.
- At this rate the country will become a land of paupers pandering to third world countries.
- Disease spread rapidly among the half starved and half clothed paupers.
- However, I was as poor as a pauper with a broken carriage and no prince.
- This means people will not belong to any of the classes or professions, but will simply be poor and helpless paupers.
- They would enter the room as millionaires and a few years later they would be paupers.
- The profession was given automatic rights to ‘unclaimed bodies’, usually those of paupers.
- It almost feels like we're a bunch of paupers waiting outside a rich man's house.
- It was invaluable experience, but we were all absolute paupers.
- Starvation deaths are most endemic among these agrarian labourers and among the rural paupers.
- There are decent paupers just as there are decent princes.
- He has pressed palms with presidents and paupers, gurus and lepers on his journeys across continents.
- Why does one think that people become paupers overnight?
- Children are taken out of education and become paupers.
Synonyms
poor person, indigent, bankrupt, insolvent
beggar, mendicant, down-and-out
informal have-not
See also: poor
1. 1.1historical A recipient of relief under the provisions of the Poor Law or of public charity.
  〈史〉按《济贫法》领取救济金的人；靠救济度日者
  he was buried in a pauper's grave
  Example sentencesExamples
  As there were no private clinics then, and hospitals were charitable institutions for paupers, he went to the house of his cousin.
  I suspect he's buried in a pauper's grave somewhere there in that little town's cemetery, long since forgotten.
  By Winter he is penniless, far from home, and buried in an unmarked pauper's grave.
  Dickens's rage against the New Poor Law, which precluded able-bodied paupers from relief, is underplayed.
  She was buried in a pauper's grave this weekend.
2. 1.2US Law A poor person who may bring a legal action without payment of costs.
  Example sentencesExamples
  If we go back to the example of the US Supreme Court, a pauper who has to depend on free legal aid is no match for the billionaire.

Derivatives

pauperdom

noun ˈpɔːpədəm

In the volatile economic climate of Georgian Britain, even this slender lifeline might preserve a broken old redcoat from pauperdom or worse.
Example sentencesExamples
- We and the Russians and the French, and the UN, and the Turks and the other Arabs, permitted millions of people to die or be reduced to misery and pauperdom.
- It's where every day, your duties can mean the difference between life and death, prosperity and pauperdom, happiness or sadness for thousands and thousands of people.

pauperism

noun ˈpɔːpərɪz(ə)mˈpɔpəˌrɪzəm

It offered a solution to the problems of rural congestion, pauperism, and starvation that had afflicted so many countries before 1848.
Example sentencesExamples
- Meanwhile, the country continued to descend deeper into fragmentation, general pauperism, and mutual predacity.
- Nothing intrinsic to that process forces people into pauperism.
- As land increases in value, poverty deepens and pauperism appears.
- A creeping process of impoverishment ensued, accelerating progressively to become the generally recognized pauperism of the nineteenth century.

pauperization

noun pɔːpərʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n

mass noun

The process of making a person or group very poor; impoverishment.
the pauperization of the masses destroyed the structures of the old society
Example sentencesExamples
- They form a community not only by a common religion, but also by common deprivation, vilification, and pauperisation.
- The pauperization of Micronesia was a direct result of foreign aid.
- It symbolized repression, plunder, and pauperization of the people of this country.

pauperize

verb ˈpɔːpərʌɪzˈpɔpəˌraɪz

[with object]

Make very poor; impoverish.
穷人，贫民
the party pauperized the country while claiming to be empowering its people
Example sentencesExamples
- his pauperized family
- They will have died, lonely, homeless, frightened and pauperised, deserted by us.
- Monetary compensation is a sure way of pauperising the already marginalised, who have traditionally lived off the land.
- How many million pounds sterling were siphoned off from India, pauperizing the country?

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).

poor from Middle English:
The Latin word for ‘poor’ pauper, is the base of pauper (early 16th century), poverty (Middle English), and poor. The phrase poor as a church mouse, or ‘extremely poor’, comes from the notion that a church mouse must be particularly deprived as it does not have the opportunity to find pickings from a kitchen or larder, and there are few crumbs to be found in a well-swept church. You sometimes hear a wealthy young person whose money appears to bring them no happiness described as poor little rich girl (or boy). Though he did not coin the phrase, Noël Coward certainly popularized it with his 1925 song ‘Poor Little Rich Girl’.

Rhymes

gawper, torpor, warper

Definition of pauper in US English:

pauper

nounˈpɔpərˈpôpər

1A very poor person.
穷人，贫民
he died a pauper
Example sentencesExamples
- Not that my parents are paupers - they wouldn't want people to think they don't make a living - but they're comfortable.
- At this rate the country will become a land of paupers pandering to third world countries.
- Directors of such banks prosper while depositors turn paupers.
- It was invaluable experience, but we were all absolute paupers.
- Unlike some of the ultra rich who will benefit from an illconceived scheme, some of the Irish players would be paupers by comparison.
- The profession was given automatic rights to ‘unclaimed bodies’, usually those of paupers.
- Disease spread rapidly among the half starved and half clothed paupers.
- However, I was as poor as a pauper with a broken carriage and no prince.
- This means people will not belong to any of the classes or professions, but will simply be poor and helpless paupers.
- The hosts began the game like kings but ended up paupers.
- It almost feels like we're a bunch of paupers waiting outside a rich man's house.
- They would enter the room as millionaires and a few years later they would be paupers.
- And the heat went out of the pursuit eventually, and when he died in 1762, although a pauper, he was no longer a fugitive.
- Was your great grandfather a prince or a pauper?
- He has pressed palms with presidents and paupers, gurus and lepers on his journeys across continents.
- The whole world was there - princes, kings, paupers, and priests - and an elation was felt that had never before been attained.
- Why does one think that people become paupers overnight?
- Starvation deaths are most endemic among these agrarian labourers and among the rural paupers.
- There are decent paupers just as there are decent princes.
- Children are taken out of education and become paupers.
Synonyms
poor person, indigent, bankrupt, insolvent
1. 1.1historical A recipient of government relief or public charity.
  he was buried in a pauper's grave
  Example sentencesExamples
  Dickens's rage against the New Poor Law, which precluded able-bodied paupers from relief, is underplayed.
  She was buried in a pauper's grave this weekend.
  I suspect he's buried in a pauper's grave somewhere there in that little town's cemetery, long since forgotten.
  By Winter he is penniless, far from home, and buried in an unmarked pauper's grave.
  As there were no private clinics then, and hospitals were charitable institutions for paupers, he went to the house of his cousin.

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 nonpayment of costs).

词汇	pauper
释义	Definition of pauper in English: pauper noun ˈpɔːpəˈpɔpər 1A very poor person. 穷人，贫民 he died a pauper Example sentencesExamples Unlike some of the ultra rich who will benefit from an illconceived scheme, some of the Irish players would be paupers by comparison. And the heat went out of the pursuit eventually, and when he died in 1762, although a pauper, he was no longer a fugitive. Was your great grandfather a prince or a pauper? Not that my parents are paupers - they wouldn't want people to think they don't make a living - but they're comfortable. Directors of such banks prosper while depositors turn paupers. The whole world was there - princes, kings, paupers, and priests - and an elation was felt that had never before been attained. The hosts began the game like kings but ended up paupers. At this rate the country will become a land of paupers pandering to third world countries. Disease spread rapidly among the half starved and half clothed paupers. However, I was as poor as a pauper with a broken carriage and no prince. This means people will not belong to any of the classes or professions, but will simply be poor and helpless paupers. They would enter the room as millionaires and a few years later they would be paupers. The profession was given automatic rights to ‘unclaimed bodies’, usually those of paupers. It almost feels like we're a bunch of paupers waiting outside a rich man's house. It was invaluable experience, but we were all absolute paupers. Starvation deaths are most endemic among these agrarian labourers and among the rural paupers. There are decent paupers just as there are decent princes. He has pressed palms with presidents and paupers, gurus and lepers on his journeys across continents. Why does one think that people become paupers overnight? Children are taken out of education and become paupers. Synonyms poor person, indigent, bankrupt, insolvent beggar, mendicant, down-and-out informal have-not See also: poor 1.1historical A recipient of relief under the provisions of the Poor Law or of public charity. 〈史〉按《济贫法》领取救济金的人；靠救济度日者 he was buried in a pauper's grave Example sentencesExamples As there were no private clinics then, and hospitals were charitable institutions for paupers, he went to the house of his cousin. I suspect he's buried in a pauper's grave somewhere there in that little town's cemetery, long since forgotten. By Winter he is penniless, far from home, and buried in an unmarked pauper's grave. Dickens's rage against the New Poor Law, which precluded able-bodied paupers from relief, is underplayed. She was buried in a pauper's grave this weekend. 1.2US Law A poor person who may bring a legal action without payment of costs. Example sentencesExamples If we go back to the example of the US Supreme Court, a pauper who has to depend on free legal aid is no match for the billionaire. Derivatives pauperdom noun ˈpɔːpədəm In the volatile economic climate of Georgian Britain, even this slender lifeline might preserve a broken old redcoat from pauperdom or worse. Example sentencesExamples We and the Russians and the French, and the UN, and the Turks and the other Arabs, permitted millions of people to die or be reduced to misery and pauperdom. It's where every day, your duties can mean the difference between life and death, prosperity and pauperdom, happiness or sadness for thousands and thousands of people. pauperism noun ˈpɔːpərɪz(ə)mˈpɔpəˌrɪzəm It offered a solution to the problems of rural congestion, pauperism, and starvation that had afflicted so many countries before 1848. Example sentencesExamples Meanwhile, the country continued to descend deeper into fragmentation, general pauperism, and mutual predacity. Nothing intrinsic to that process forces people into pauperism. As land increases in value, poverty deepens and pauperism appears. A creeping process of impoverishment ensued, accelerating progressively to become the generally recognized pauperism of the nineteenth century. pauperization noun pɔːpərʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n mass noun The process of making a person or group very poor; impoverishment. the pauperization of the masses destroyed the structures of the old society Example sentencesExamples They form a community not only by a common religion, but also by common deprivation, vilification, and pauperisation. The pauperization of Micronesia was a direct result of foreign aid. It symbolized repression, plunder, and pauperization of the people of this country. pauperize verb ˈpɔːpərʌɪzˈpɔpəˌraɪz [with object] Make very poor; impoverish. 穷人，贫民 the party pauperized the country while claiming to be empowering its people Example sentencesExamples his pauperized family They will have died, lonely, homeless, frightened and pauperised, deserted by us. Monetary compensation is a sure way of pauperising the already marginalised, who have traditionally lived off the land. How many million pounds sterling were siphoned off from India, pauperizing the country? 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). poor from Middle English: The Latin word for ‘poor’ pauper, is the base of pauper (early 16th century), poverty (Middle English), and poor. The phrase poor as a church mouse, or ‘extremely poor’, comes from the notion that a church mouse must be particularly deprived as it does not have the opportunity to find pickings from a kitchen or larder, and there are few crumbs to be found in a well-swept church. You sometimes hear a wealthy young person whose money appears to bring them no happiness described as poor little rich girl (or boy). Though he did not coin the phrase, Noël Coward certainly popularized it with his 1925 song ‘Poor Little Rich Girl’. Rhymes gawper, torpor, warper Definition of pauper in US English: pauper nounˈpɔpərˈpôpər 1A very poor person. 穷人，贫民 he died a pauper Example sentencesExamples Not that my parents are paupers - they wouldn't want people to think they don't make a living - but they're comfortable. At this rate the country will become a land of paupers pandering to third world countries. Directors of such banks prosper while depositors turn paupers. It was invaluable experience, but we were all absolute paupers. Unlike some of the ultra rich who will benefit from an illconceived scheme, some of the Irish players would be paupers by comparison. The profession was given automatic rights to ‘unclaimed bodies’, usually those of paupers. Disease spread rapidly among the half starved and half clothed paupers. However, I was as poor as a pauper with a broken carriage and no prince. This means people will not belong to any of the classes or professions, but will simply be poor and helpless paupers. The hosts began the game like kings but ended up paupers. It almost feels like we're a bunch of paupers waiting outside a rich man's house. They would enter the room as millionaires and a few years later they would be paupers. And the heat went out of the pursuit eventually, and when he died in 1762, although a pauper, he was no longer a fugitive. Was your great grandfather a prince or a pauper? He has pressed palms with presidents and paupers, gurus and lepers on his journeys across continents. The whole world was there - princes, kings, paupers, and priests - and an elation was felt that had never before been attained. Why does one think that people become paupers overnight? Starvation deaths are most endemic among these agrarian labourers and among the rural paupers. There are decent paupers just as there are decent princes. Children are taken out of education and become paupers. Synonyms poor person, indigent, bankrupt, insolvent 1.1historical A recipient of government relief or public charity. he was buried in a pauper's grave Example sentencesExamples Dickens's rage against the New Poor Law, which precluded able-bodied paupers from relief, is underplayed. She was buried in a pauper's grave this weekend. I suspect he's buried in a pauper's grave somewhere there in that little town's cemetery, long since forgotten. By Winter he is penniless, far from home, and buried in an unmarked pauper's grave. As there were no private clinics then, and hospitals were charitable institutions for paupers, he went to the house of his cousin. 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 nonpayment of costs).
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