The pauper was begging for a living.
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Pauper
//ˈpɔː.pə//
Synonyms for "pauper" (37 found)
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Related words (18)
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4 entriesTranslations
102 translations across 38 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πένης noun (one who is extremely poor)
Arabic
1 entries- فَقِير noun (one who is extremely poor)
Belarusian
4 entries- бе́дны noun (one who is extremely poor)
- бяда́к noun (one who is extremely poor)
- галя́к noun (one who is extremely poor)
- жабра́к noun (one who is extremely poor)
Bulgarian
2 entries- бедня́к noun (one who is extremely poor)
- сирома́х noun (one who is extremely poor)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎤᏲ ᎢᏳᏛᎿᏕᎩ noun (one who is extremely poor)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 窮光蛋 /穷光蛋 noun (one who is extremely poor)
- 窮鬼 /穷鬼 noun (one who is extremely poor)
Czech
2 entries- chudák noun (one who is extremely poor)
- chuďas noun (one who is extremely poor)
Danish
2 entries- fattiglem noun (one who is extremely poor)
- fattiglus noun (one who is extremely poor)
Dutch
1 entries- pauper noun (one who is extremely poor)
Esperanto
2 entries- malriĉulo noun (one who is extremely poor)
- povrulo noun (one who is extremely poor)
Estonian
1 entries- kerjus noun (one who is extremely poor)
Finnish
4 entries- keppikerjäläinen noun (one who is extremely poor)
- rutiköyhä noun (one who is extremely poor)
- sosiaaliturvaan oikeutettu noun (one living on or eligible for public charity)
- sosiaaliturvan varassa elävä noun (one living on or eligible for public charity)
French
2 entries- indigent noun (one who is extremely poor)
- pauvre noun (one who is extremely poor)
German
3 entries- Armer noun (one who is extremely poor)
- Bettelknabe noun (one who is extremely poor)
- Unterstützungsempfänger noun (one living on or eligible for public charity)
Greek
3 entries- άπορος noun (one living on or eligible for public charity)
- ζητιάνος noun (one living on or eligible for public charity)
- πένης noun (one who is extremely poor)
Hebrew
1 entries- עני noun (one who is extremely poor)
Italian
4 entries- bisognoso noun (one who is extremely poor)
- indigente noun (one who is extremely poor)
- indigente noun (one living on or eligible for public charity)
- nullatenente noun (one who is extremely poor)
Japanese
3 entries- 貧困者 noun (one who is extremely poor)
- 貧民 noun (one who is extremely poor)
- 貧者 noun (one who is extremely poor)
Korean
3 entries- 극빈자 noun (one who is extremely poor)
- 빈민 noun (one who is extremely poor)
- 빈자 noun (one who is extremely poor)
Latin
1 entries- pauper noun (one who is extremely poor)
Macedonian
4 entries- бедник noun (one who is extremely poor)
- голак noun (one who is extremely poor)
- голтар noun (one who is extremely poor)
- сиромав noun (one who is extremely poor)
Māori
1 entries- pō(w)hara noun (one who is extremely poor)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- fattiglem noun (one who is extremely poor)
- fattiglus noun (one who is extremely poor)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- درویش noun (one who is extremely poor)
- فقیر noun (one who is extremely poor)
- فقیر noun (one living on or eligible for public charity)
Persian
4 entries- بدبخت noun (one who is extremely poor)
- بینوا noun (one who is extremely poor)
- مستحق noun (one living on or eligible for public charity)
- نیازمند noun (one living on or eligible for public charity)
Polish
4 entries- biedak noun (one who is extremely poor)
- nędzarz noun (one who is extremely poor)
- ubogi noun (one who is extremely poor)
- żebrak noun (one who is extremely poor)
Portuguese
1 entries- indigente noun (one who is extremely poor)
Russian
4 entries- бе́дный noun (one who is extremely poor)
- бедня́к noun (one who is extremely poor)
- неиму́щий noun (one who is extremely poor)
- ни́щий noun (one who is extremely poor)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- siromah noun (one who is extremely poor)
- сиромах noun (one who is extremely poor)
Sicilian
4 entries- disgrazziatu noun (one who is extremely poor)
- disgrazziatu noun (one living on or eligible for public charity)
- mischinazzu noun (one who is extremely poor)
- mischinazzu noun (one living on or eligible for public charity)
Slovak
1 entries- chudák noun (one who is extremely poor)
Slovene
2 entries- berač noun (one who is extremely poor)
- revež noun (one who is extremely poor)
Spanish
1 entries- indigente noun (one who is extremely poor)
Swahili
1 entries- fukara noun (one who is extremely poor)
Swedish
2 entries- fattighjon noun (one who is extremely poor)
- fattiglapp noun (one who is extremely poor)
Turkish
2 entries- düşkün noun (one who is extremely poor)
- fukara noun (one who is extremely poor)
Ukrainian
4 entries- бі́дний noun (one who is extremely poor)
- бідня́к noun (one who is extremely poor)
- па́впер noun (one who is extremely poor)
- па́упер noun (one who is extremely poor)
Yiddish
2 entries- אָרעמאַן noun (one who is extremely poor)
- אבֿיון noun (one who is extremely poor)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.
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An egg to a pauper is like a bull to a rich man.
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Tom died a pauper.
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