noun. One who is extremely poor.

noun. One living on or eligible for public charity.

noun. A very poor person; a person entirely destitute of property or means of support; particularly, one who, on account of poverty, becomes chargeable to the public; also, in law, a person who, on account of poverty, is admitted to sue or defend in forma pauperis. See in forma pauperis.

Of or pertaining to paupers: as, pauper labor.

Same as pauperize.

noun. A very poor person; one without any means of support, especially one dependent on private or public charity. Also used adjectively.

noun. One who is extremely poor.

noun. One living on or eligible for public charity.

noun. a person who is very poor

"I took the barrow handles and wheeled it away, biting my lips, for it had suddenly struck me that Sir Francis thought that I was talking to a boy who was my companion in the workhouse, and it seemed as if fate was fixing the term pauper upon me so tightly that I should not be able to get it removed."

have-not  poor person  

beggar  derelict  mendicant  starveling  

beggar  homine  outcast  vagabond  

almsman  almswoman  bankrupt  beggar  beggar