'Pauper' definitions:
Definition of 'pauper'
(from WordNet)
noun
A person who is very poor
Definition of 'Pauper'
From: GCIDE
- Pauper \Pau"per\, n. [L. See Poor.] A very poor person; one without any means of support, especially one dependent on private or public charity. Also used adjectively; as, pauper immigrants, pauper labor. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pauper'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- almsman,
- almswoman,
- bankrupt,
- beggar,
- break,
- bum,
- bust,
- casual,
- charity case,
- down-and-out,
- down-and-outer,
- fold up,
- hardcase,
- hobo,
- impoverish,
- indigent,
- insolvent,
- lazarus,
- mendicant,
- pauperize,
- penniless man,
- poor devil,
- poor man,
- poorling,
- starveling,
- tramp,
- vagrant,
- welfare client