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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

빈민

Pronunciation / Transliteration: binmin

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pauper/ˈpɔː.pər/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #4520 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그는 모든 재산을 잃고 빈민으로 전락했다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A very poor person, especially one who depends on public charity.

    "The once wealthy merchant died a pauper after his business ventures completely collapsed."
  2. 2

    A person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity.

    "Municipal records from the 19th century documented the burial of local paupers."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin word 'pauper', meaning poor or producing little, which traces back to Proto-Indo-European roots denoting smallness or deficiency. It entered Middle English via Old French in the 14th century, initially functioning as an adjective before establishing itself as a noun representing someone entirely destitute.

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