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- pronunciation:
- paw
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- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
an extremely poor person, esp. one who must live on public charity.
Widowed and disabled, she became a pauper living on hand-outs.- similar words:
- beggar, indigent
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| related words: |
mendicant, wretch |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
paupers, paupering, paupered |
| definition: |
to cause to be a pauper; impoverish.
- similar words:
- beggar
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