pauper
noun/ˈpɔːpə(r)/
/ˈpɔːpər/
(old use)- a very poor person
- He died a pauper.
- She was buried in a pauper’s grave.
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘poor’. The word's use in English originated in the Latin legal phrase in forma pauperis, literally ‘in the form of a poor person’ (allowing non-payment of costs).
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