The definition of a pauper is a poor person or someone with limited or no financial resources.
(noun)A very poor person living on the streets with no money is an example of a pauper.
See pauper in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: L, poor person, poor
See pauper in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: From Latin, poor; see pau-1 in Indo-European roots
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