Definition of Paupers

1. Noun. (plural of pauper) ¹

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Definition of Paupers

1. pauper [v] - See also: pauper

Lexicographical Neighbors of Paupers

paupering
pauperisation
pauperisations
pauperise
pauperised
pauperises
pauperising
pauperism
pauperisms
pauperization
pauperizations
pauperize
pauperized
pauperizes
pauperizing
paupers (current term)
paupiette
paupiettes
pauropoda
pausable
pausal
pause
paused
pauseful
pauseless
pauselessly
pauser
pausers
pauses
pausing

Literary usage of Paupers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report (1897)
"STATE AND ALIEN paupers. The laws in regard to State and Alien paupers class such ... First, State paupers under chapter 661 of the Laws of 1873; second, ..."

2. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1908)
"Stmt of amt. paid for support of state paupers. 4 pp. (Same 24, 1838.) 1830. Kept, on petition of selectmen of Tyringham, asking legist, to pay expenses ..."

3. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1908)
"Stmt. of amt. paid out of treasury for support of state paupers. 2 pp. (Same 59,.) 1836. Kept, on towns which have reed, from state greater sum than was ..."

4. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1862)
"paupers IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND—1861 TO I860. A WRITER in the Journal of the Statistical Society of London furnishes us wilh some interesting data ..."

5. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1906)
"The city of Boston, alarmed at the steadily increasing burden of supporting alien paupers, sent an agent to examine the state of affairs in the almshouses ..."

6. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1896)
"In that paper I said : "What is needed is a Federal law to regulate the migration from State to State of paupers and dependants. Penalties should be imposed ..."

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