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Definition of
pauper noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
pauper
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
ˈpɔpər
/
/
(
old use
)
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a very poor person
He died a pauper.
She was buried in a pauper's grave.
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pauper
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