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pauperise Definition


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pauper
noun
    1. A poverty-stricken person.
      Thesaurus: indigent, beggar, insolvent, down-and-out, have-not.
    2. historical
      Someone living on charity or publicly provided money.
Derivative: pauperism
    The condition of paupers.
    The existence of a pauper class.
Derivative: pauperize
verb
    To make someone a pauper.
Derivative: pauperization
noun
    Etymology: 16c: Latin, meaning ‘poor'.



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