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 county is required by law to continue its deceased pauper program, which is being transferred to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office.
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Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Aug. 2025
Alvarez is the pauper of the group, with Judge and Soto combining for $1.125 billion in salary over the lives of their contracts.
—C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 16 May 2025
He was made to leave a pauper after years of hard work.
—Kanak Kapur, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
The mother of one of those men, Jonathan Hankins, confronted Grisham-Stewart in February at the county's pauper's field.
—Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
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Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Aug. 2025
Alvarez is the pauper of the group, with Judge and Soto combining for $1.125 billion in salary over the lives of their contracts.
—C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 16 May 2025
He was made to leave a pauper after years of hard work.
—Kanak Kapur, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
The mother of one of those men, Jonathan Hankins, confronted Grisham-Stewart in February at the county's pauper's field.
—Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pauper
Noun
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Got a lot of mountains to climb, had to leave some beggars behind.—
Ilana Kaplan,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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Indeed, the beauty of New Orleans proper was found in its colorful variety of humans—the loons and cons, the beggars and peddlers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 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 9 Sep. 2025.
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