How to pronounce pauper
American English pronunciation
PAW-per
- IPA
- /ˈpɔpɚ/
- Syllables
- PAW · per (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What pauper means
A person with almost no money at all
In a sentence: In the story, the prince and the pauper swapped clothes and lives for a day.
Where it comes from: It's the Latin word for "poor." It started out in English as a legal word.
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