- pauper
[pauper 词源字典]
- pauper: see poor
[pauper etymology, pauper origin, 英语词源] - 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.