Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pauper \Pau"per\, n. [L. See {Poor}.]
   A poor person; especially, one development on private or
   public charity. Also used adjectively; as, pouper immigrants,
   pouper labor.

Source : WordNet®

pauper
     n : a person who is very poor [syn: {poor man}]