• n. 乞丐；窮人；靠救濟度日者
• adj. 貧民的
• n. (Pauper)人名；(德)保佩爾；(法)波佩

來自拉丁語pauper,窮的，來自*pau,少的，小的，詞源同few,poor.

pauper

pauper: see poor

pauper (n.)

1510s, "person destitute of property or means of livelihood," from Latin pauper "poor, not wealthy, of small means" (see poor (adj.)). Originally in English a legal word, from Latin phrase in forma pauperis (late 15c.) "in the character of a poor person," thus allowed to sue in court without legal fees.

1. He did die a pauper and is buried in an unmarked grave.

他死的時候一文不名，葬在一處無名墓穴中。

來自柯林斯例句

2. I'm not asking any girl to marry a pauper.

我是說我不會要求任何姑娘給一個叫化子.

來自飄（部分）

3. Each one of you will be given a title - Pauper Pauper?

你們每人可以得到一個頭銜――窮鬼.

來自辭典例句

4. Each one of you will be given a title - Pauper.

你們每人可以得到一個頭銜——窮鬼.

來自辭典例句

5. He becomes a pauper , and pauperism develops more rapidly than population and wealth.

工人變成赤貧者,貧困比人口和財富增長得還要快.

來自英漢非文學 - 共產(chǎn)黨宣言