pauper

1. 1

   One who is extremely poor.

   • He has hundreds of thousands of dollars in the bank, and he lives like a pauper!
2. 2

   One living on or eligible for public charity.

syn. bankrupt · beggar · indigent · insolvent · have not · lack-all · Lazarus · pauper · penny-father · poor

ant. moneybags · plutocrat · tycoon

1. 1

   To make a pauper of; to drive into poverty.transitive

   • “There’s no sense in you paupering yourself because you’re too stubborn to take my money.” ¶ “I’m not paupering myself.”