Synonyms for pauper


Grammar : Noun
Spell : paw-per
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɔ pər

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Définition of pauper

Origin :
  • 1510s, "person destitute of property or means of livelihood," from Latin pauper "poor, not wealthy, of small means" (see poor (adj.)). Originally in English a legal word, from Latin phrase in forma pauperis (late 15c.) "in the character of a poor person," thus allowed to sue in court without legal fees.
  • noun person who is poor
Example sentences :
  • Even in his native town, he seldom had other than pauper cases to defend.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
  • Yes, he said; nearly everybody is a pauper who is not a ruler.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • Now, it's my idea that, long's he's bound to be a pauper, he might's well be treated as a pauper.
  • Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • I should deserve to be the pauper that I am if such had been my habits.
  • Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
  • We have witnessed also the development of the pauper and criminal classes.
  • Extract from : « The Negro Farmer » by Carl Kelsey
  • I can only say, that, pauper as I am, I would not exchange places with the one who has done this deed.
  • Extract from : « Paul Prescott's Charge » by Horatio Alger
  • And indeed I don't know whether he had not been a pauper all his life.
  • Extract from : « Heart of Darkness » by Joseph Conrad
  • It was only the beginning of The Prince and the Pauper productions.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • Even the libertine, that pauper in the realm of Love, wants the perfect life.
  • Extract from : « Sex=The Unknown Quantity » by Ali Nomad
  • Will you accept it, or will you leave your child to have a pauper's funeral?'
  • Extract from : « The Cash Boy » by Horatio Alger Jr.

Antonyms for pauper

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