pauper
(noun) a person who is very poor
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pauper (plural paupers)
One who is extremely poor.
One living on or eligible for public charity.
• (one who is poor): see pauper
Source: Wiktionary
Pau"per, n. Etym: [L. See Poor.]
Definition: A poor person; especially, one development on private or public charity. Also used adjectively; as, pouper immigrants, pouper labor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 March 2025
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
