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pauper

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++pau·per /ˈpɔːpə $ ˈpɒːpər/ noun [countable] old-fashioned  POORsomeone who is very poor 穷人,贫民
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pauperSome say Meurent died so abject a pauper that no papers were kept, no gravesite marked.The fall was most dramatic among out-door paupers.The Latin pauper means a person of modest means rather than some one without food, roof, or clothing.During those decades bands of pauper migrants went on the tramp in search of food and a living.Deliberately choosing to marry in an area full of paupers - Benjamin might just have well have been in Frome!There was nothing for girls, only drudgery and breeding, specially paupers like herself.Mr. Chapman enquired of the Board whether the paupers and children should be allowed to have money in the workhouse.The overseers didn't like working the pauper children, and having to beat them to keep them at their tasks.
From Longman Business Dictionarypauperpau‧per /ˈpɔːpəˈpɒːpər/ noun [countable] LAW a person who has no money at all and has to depend on other people for supportThe court will refuse to grant pauper status to ‘frivolous’ (=not serious or sensible) petitions.Origin pauper (1400-1500) Latin poor
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pauper
pauper /ˈpɔːpə $ ˈpɒːpər/ noun [countable] old-fashioned
 Date: 1400-1500
 Language: Latin
 Origin: 'poor'
someone who is very poor


pau·perBrE /ˈpɔːpə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpɔːpər/ 🔊 noun (old use) a very poor person 穷人;贫民;乞丐