pauper en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɔ.pəɾ/ (Scotland)
- /ˈpoːpə/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
- /ˈpɔːpə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈpɑ.pɚ/ (Canada, US, cot-caught-merger)
- (US) audio
- /ˈpɒ.pɚ/ (Canada, US, cot-caught-merger)
- /ˈpɔ.pɚ/ (General-American) without the cot–caught merger
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin pauper (“poor”). Originally a legal term. Doublet of poor.
Meanings
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One who is extremely poor.
He has hundreds of thousands of dollars in the bank, and he lives like a pauper!
1991, Art Spiegelman, Maus I: My Father Bleeds History, New York: Pantheon Books, page 132:
- One living on or eligible for public charity.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| paupers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
tycoon · moneybags · plutocrat
Deriveds
dispauper · pauper's funeral · pauperess · pauperdom · pauper's grave · pauperize · pauperism
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
chav · welfare bum · welfare parasite · welfare queen · dole bludger
Relateds
depauperate · poverty · impoverished · vagabond · pauci-
Synonyms
insolvent · beggar · bankrupt · pauper · penny-father · have not · Lazarus · poor · indigent · lack-all
Translations (103)
ar فَقِير (one who is extremely poor) · sw fukara (one who is extremely poor) · it indigente (one living on or eligible for public charity) · be бяда́к (one who is extremely poor) · tr fukara (one who is extremely poor) · uk па́впер (one who is extremely poor) · be галя́к (one who is extremely poor) · cmn 窮光蛋 /穷光蛋 (one who is extremely poor) · pl żebrak (one who is extremely poor) · scn senzarobba (one who is extremely poor) · fi tyhjätasku (one who is extremely poor) · yi אָרעמאַן (one who is extremely poor) · scn mischinu (one living on or eligible for public charity) · pl biedak (one who is extremely poor) · scn mischinu (one who is extremely poor) · cmn 窮鬼 /穷鬼 (one who is extremely poor) · chr ᎤᏲ ᎢᏳᏛᎿᏕᎩ (one who is extremely poor) · tr düşkün (one who is extremely poor) · sv fattiglapp (one who is extremely poor) · cs chuďas (one who is extremely poor) · de Bettelknabe (one who is extremely poor) · ja 貧者 (one who is extremely poor) · de Unterstützungsempfänger (one living on or eligible for public charity) · ga bochtán (one who is extremely poor) · ru бедня́к (one who is extremely poor) · ru бе́дный (one who is extremely poor) · ko 극빈자 (one who is extremely poor) · it nullatenente (one who is extremely poor) · be бе́дны (one who is extremely poor) · scn nullatinenti (one living on or eligible for public charity) · fi rutiköyhä (one who is extremely poor) · scn mischinazzu (one who is extremely poor) · uk бідня́к (one who is extremely poor) · grc πένης (one who is extremely poor) · pl ubogi (one who is extremely poor) · la pauper (one who is extremely poor) · ko 빈민 (one who is extremely poor) · mk сиромав (one who is extremely poor) · scn pòviru (one living on or eligible for public charity) · el πένης (one who is extremely poor) · scn pòviru (one who is extremely poor) · ja 貧民 (one who is extremely poor) · uk па́упер (one who is extremely poor) · et kerjus (one who is extremely poor) · fr indigent (one who is extremely poor) · ru неиму́щий (one who is extremely poor) · bg сирома́х (one who is extremely poor) · uk сірома́ха (one who is extremely poor) · sh siromah (one who is extremely poor) · eo malriĉulo (one who is extremely poor) · fa مستحق (one living on or eligible for public charity) · nb fattiglem (one who is extremely poor) · eo povrulo (one who is extremely poor) · fi sosiaaliturvan varassa elävä (one living on or eligible for public charity) · da fattiglus (one who is extremely poor) · fa بینوا (one who is extremely poor) · sv fattighjon (one who is extremely poor) · el ζητιάνος (one living on or eligible for public charity) · ko 빈자 (one who is extremely poor) · mk голак (one who is extremely poor) · ru нужда́ющийся (one who is extremely poor) · scn puvirazzu (one who is extremely poor) · pt indigente (one who is extremely poor) · fr pauvre (one who is extremely poor) · es indigente (one who is extremely poor) · it povero (one who is extremely poor) · mk бедник (one who is extremely poor) · he עני (one who is extremely poor) · it indigente (one who is extremely poor) · scn nullatinenti (one who is extremely poor) · it poveraccio (one who is extremely poor) · fi sosiaaliturvaan oikeutettu (one living on or eligible for public charity) · ota فقیر (one living on or eligible for public charity) · nb fattiglus (one who is extremely poor) · ota فقیر (one who is extremely poor) · uk бі́дний (one who is extremely poor) · fa بدبخت (one who is extremely poor) · sk chudák (one who is extremely poor) · el άπορος (one living on or eligible for public charity) · ru ни́щий (one who is extremely poor) · mk голтар (one who is extremely poor) · pl nędzarz (one who is extremely poor) · ota درویش (one who is extremely poor) · ja 貧困者 (one who is extremely poor) · de Armer (one who is extremely poor) · scn puvirazzu (one living on or eligible for public charity) · scn disgrazziatu (one who is extremely poor) · fa نیازمند (one living on or eligible for public charity) · scn mischinazzu (one living on or eligible for public charity) · cs chudák (one who is extremely poor) · da fattiglem (one who is extremely poor) · scn disgrazziatu (one living on or eligible for public charity) · be жабра́к (one who is extremely poor) · sh сиромах (one who is extremely poor) · fi keppikerjäläinen (one who is extremely poor) · it bisognoso (one who is extremely poor) · mi pō(w)hara (one who is extremely poor) · sl berač (one who is extremely poor) · bg бедня́к (one who is extremely poor) · sl revež (one who is extremely poor) · nl pauper (one who is extremely poor) · uk сірома́ (one who is extremely poor) · yi אבֿיון (one who is extremely poor)