The Only Use of
pauper
in
The Scarlet Letter
- None so ready as she to give of her little substance to every demand of poverty, even though the bitter-hearted pauper threw back a gibe in requital of the food brought regularly to his door, or the garments wrought for him by the fingers that could have embroidered a monarch's robe.
Chpt 13pauper = person who is very poor
Definition:
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(pauper) someone who is very poor