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
Brian Niccol, the coffee chain boss, is paid a pauper’s sum of nearly $100 million.
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Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
In it, novice nun Viridiana (Silvia Pinal) does her utmost to maintain her Catholic principles, but her lecherous uncle (Fernando Rey) and a motley assemblage of paupers force her to confront the limits of her idealism.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2025
There were also prisoners, paupers and unclaimed bodies who went into mass graves, including remains of 39,307 Catholics at Holy Cross.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
The woman was killed by one of Iblis’ masters, a pauper who dreamed of infinite wealth and attention.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
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Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
In it, novice nun Viridiana (Silvia Pinal) does her utmost to maintain her Catholic principles, but her lecherous uncle (Fernando Rey) and a motley assemblage of paupers force her to confront the limits of her idealism.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2025
There were also prisoners, paupers and unclaimed bodies who went into mass graves, including remains of 39,307 Catholics at Holy Cross.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
The woman was killed by one of Iblis’ masters, a pauper who dreamed of infinite wealth and attention.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pauper
Noun
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So disguised as a beggar, Odysseus shows up at his palace, and he is not treated very nicely by the suitors who have camped out in his house.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
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Hollywood turned him into a beggar.—
Lili Anolik,
Vanity Fair,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Lower than proletariat workers, the lumpenproletariat includes the indigent and the unemployable, those cast out of the workforce with no recourse, or those who can’t enter it in the first place, such as young workers in times of economic depression.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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With fewer homes available for median earners, today's housing market is widening the gap between the haves and have-nots, with younger Americans less likely to buy a home, the study says.—
Mike Winters,
CNBC,
21 Aug. 2025
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Based on the video game from Bethesda Game Studios, Fallout is the story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Pauper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pauper. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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