{
    "term": "pauper",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a very poor person",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He died a pauper."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was buried in a pauper’s grave."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Social issues"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpɔːpə(r)/",
                "audio": "pa/pauper/pauper__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpɔːpər/",
                "audio": "pa/pauper/pauper__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 15th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘poor’. The word's use in English originated in the Latin legal phrase in forma pauperis, literally ‘in the form of a poor person’ (allowing non-payment of costs)."
}