pauper

Etymology

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

noun

  1. One who is extremely poor.
  2. One living on or eligible for public charity.

verb

  1. (transitive) To make a pauper of; to drive into poverty.
    “There's no sense in you paupering yourself because you're too stubborn to take my money.” 2017, Naomi Rawlings, Love's Christmas Hope

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