PAUPER Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

pauper

noun

as in beggar

old-fashioned a very poor person who has no money to pay for food, clothing, etc. a story about a rich man and a pauper who switch places

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Recent Examples of pauper The currency devaluation caused those imports — already expensive because of high tariffs — to explode in price. Nigerians can become paupers almost overnight. —

Ismail Auwal Taiwo Aina, New York Times, 11 June 2024 Kirby was buried a few days later in a pauper’s grave. —

Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 4 May 2024 During Victorian times, paupers in workhouses who became ill could be cared for only by other destitute workhouse residents. —

Melissa Pritchard, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2024 After his body went unclaimed for months, the Hinds County coroner’s office had Wade buried in a pauper’s field on the grounds of the county jail work farm, his grave marked only by a number. —

Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pauper