pauper

  • 11pauper — [pô′pər] n. [L, poor person, POOR] 1. Historical a person who lives on charity, esp. on tax supported charity 2. any person who is extremely poor …

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  • 12Pauper — Mit der Begrifflichkeit Pauperismus (von lateinisch pauper arm , davon engl. pauperism) bezeichnet man die katastrophale Massenarmut zur Zeit der Frühindustrialisierung, und hier besonders die Situation in Deutschland in den 1830er und 1840er… …

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  • 13pauper — [[t]pɔ͟ːpə(r)[/t]] paupers N COUNT A pauper is a very poor person. [FORMAL] He did die a pauper and is buried in an unmarked grave …

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  • 14pauper — UK [ˈpɔːpə(r)] / US [ˈpɔpər] noun [countable] Word forms pauper : singular pauper plural paupers old fashioned a very poor person …

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  • 15pauper — noun the story of a lowly pauper who rises to the top of a major crime syndicate Syn: poor person, indigent, down and out; informal have not …

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  • 16pauper — /popar/ A person so poor that he must be supported at public expense. A suitor who, on account of poverty, is allowed to sue or defend without being chargeable with costs; also, an indigent criminal defendant who has a right to assigned defense… …

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  • 17Pauper apprentice — Pauper apprentices were children who were bought from orphanages and workhouses to go work in large factories during the Industrial Revolution.They also smelt really bad. See also * Factory life during the industrial revolutionExternal links*http …

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  • 18Pauper's oath — A pauper s oath is a sworn statement or oath by a person that he or she is completely destitute or a pauper, i.e. without any money or property.A person without the ability to pay court costs has the option to swear a pauper s oath in order to… …

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  • 19Pauper Children (Ireland) Act 1902 — The Pauper Children (Ireland) Act 1902 (2 Edw. 7 c. 16) was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, given the royal assent on 22nd July 1902, and repealed in 1950.It defined the terms orphan child and deserted child for the… …

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  • 20pauper settlement — See settlement of pauper …

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