Meaning

2 senses
  1. One who is extremely poor.

    Bettelknabe, Armer

    ни́щийníščij, бедня́кbednják, бе́дныйbédnyj

    бідня́кbidnják, бі́днийbídnyj, па́уперpáuper

    a person who is very poor

  2. One living on or eligible for public charity.

    Unterstützungsempfänger

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Tom died a pauper.

    Том помер жебраком. — deniko

    deTom ist arm gestorben. — Luiaard

  2. The pauper was begging for a living.

  3. The church was a safe haven for the destitute paupers.

    deDie Kirche war eine sichere Zuflucht für die mittellosen Armen. — Yorwba

  4. An egg to a pauper is like a bull to a rich man.

    ruДля бедняка яйцо, что для богача бык. — salikh

    deEinem Armen ist ein Ei, was einem Reichen ein Rindvieh ist. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.

    ruЗавтрак съешь сам, обед раздели с другом, а ужин отдай врагу. — sharptoothed

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
one who is extremely poor:
Русский
By meaning 1
one who is extremely poor:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
one who is extremely poor:
one living on or eligible for public charity:

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin pauper (“poor”). Originally a legal term. Doublet of poor.

Learned borrowing from Latin pauper (“poor”). Originally a legal term. Doublet of poor.

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