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Definitions for Pauper
ˈpɔ pərpau·per

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. paupernoun

    a person who is very poor

Wiktionary

  1. paupernoun

    One who is extremely poor.

  2. paupernoun

    One living on or eligible for public charity.

  3. Etymology: From pauper.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Paupernoun

    A poor person; one who receives alms.

    Etymology: Latin.

Wikipedia

  1. pauper

    Pauperism (Lat. pauper, poor) is poverty or generally the state of being poor, or particularly the condition of being a "pauper", i.e. receiving relief administered under the English Poor Laws. From this, pauperism can also be more generally the state of being supported at public expense, within or outside of almshouses, and still more generally, of dependence for any considerable period on charitable assistance, public or private. In this sense pauperism is to be distinguished from poverty.Under the English Poor Laws, a person to be relieved must be a destitute person, and the moment he had been relieved he became a pauper, and as such incurred certain civil disabilities. Statistics dealing with the state of pauperism in this sense convey not the amount of destitution actually prevalent, but the particulars of people in receipt of poor law relief.The 1830s brought to Europe great economic hardships. The late 19th century saw a tremendous rise in the populations of all the European countries. This resulted in more job seekers than emplacement. Populations from rural areas migrated to bigger towns to live in overcrowded slums. Small producers in town faced tough competition from cheap imported goods in England. The rise of food prices led to widespread pauperism. Poverty in the interwar years (1918–1939) was responsible for several measures which largely killed off the Poor Law system. The Local Government Act 1929 officially abolished workhouses, and between 1929 and 1930 the Poor Law Guardians, the "workhouse test," and the term "pauper" disappeared.

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  1. pauper

    A pauper is a very poor individual who is unable to support themselves financially and may rely on aid from the government or charitable organizations for basic necessities such as food and shelter.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Paupernoun

    a poor person; especially, one development on private or public charity. Also used adjectively; as, pouper immigrants, pouper labor

  2. Etymology: [L. See Poor.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Pauper

    paw′pėr, n. a very poor or destitute person: one supported by charity or by some public provision:—fem. Pau′peress.—n. Pauperisā′tion.—v.t. Pau′perise, to reduce to pauperism.—n. Pau′perism, state of being a pauper. [L.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Pauper in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Pauper in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Pauper in a Sentence

  1. Lakshheish M Patel:

    Mark this golden words that stock market will not rise up as many fools have invested their money seeing 50% fall. But those fools do not understand that Stock market operators albeit companies have this data and therefore they will make prices further fall may be over 50% more. They do not care even if whole people become pauper and come on street and even if stock market goes to dump with humongous unemployment all over

  2. Adelle Davis:

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

  3. Arnulf of Milan:

    captured the city of Vercelli, besieged Novara, invaded Como, and destroyed many other places opposed to him. In the end [1014-15], worn down by labor and sickness and deprived of his kingdom, he was content with the monastery named Fruttuaria alone. There, after the regalia had been placed upon the altar and he had donned the habit of a pauper, he fell asleep in his own time

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