pauper
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However, this nomad only looked like a pauper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
For most of human history, identity was ascribed at birth: pauper, peasant, preacher, princess.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2024
"The consequences of this ruling and the upcoming trial, while not making him a pauper, will significantly reduce his net worth."
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2023
The goal is not to make Putin a pauper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2022
Playing here, working in the Fishery, and with a wealthy patron on the horizon, I’d no longer be forced to live like a pauper.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
The sport of kings to some, the sport of paupers for most.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2025
"The RFU keep trumpeting community rugby as the lifeblood of the game, while at the same time seemingly treating them like paupers."
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2025
Many people in both America and the United Kingdom found the idea of elected representation for colonists utterly anomalous, as much an outlier as elected representation for paupers or for women.
From Slate ● Feb. 15, 2023
Monica, Danny and James are toiling in the shadow of the entertainment industry — relative paupers who can’t help wondering if they’ll ever be invited to the nearby banquet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2022
After the potter’s field and Bush Hill cemeteries were full, they took over the public square nearest Bush Hill and began burying paupers there.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
Vocabulary lists containing pauper
"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 1–7
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"A Rose for Emily"
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