3 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: pauper noun: a person who is very poor [syn: {poor man}] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Pauper \Pau"per\, noun [L. See {Poor}.] A poor person; especially, one development on private or public charity. Also used adjectively; as, pouper immigrants, pouper labor. From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 28 Moby Thesaurus words for "pauper": 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

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