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
- 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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