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dispauper

[ dis-paw-per ]
/ dɪsˈpɔ pər /
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verb (used with object) Law.
to divest of the status of a person having the privileges of a pauper, as of public support or of legal rights as a pauper.
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Origin of dispauper

First recorded in 1625–35; dis-1 + pauper

Words nearby dispauper

dispatch box, dispatch case, dispatcher, dispatch rider, Dis Pater, dispauper, dispel, dispend, dispensable, dispensary, dispensation
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