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Definition and meaning of beggar
Definitions
beggar (n.)
1.a beggar who approaches strangers asking for money
2.a pauper who lives by begging
beggar (v.)
1.reduce to beggary
2.be beyond the resources of"This beggars description!"
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Merriam Webster
BeggarBeg"gar (�), n. [OE. beggere, fr. beg.]
1. One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner.
2. One who makes it his business to ask alms.
3. One who is dependent upon others for support; -- a contemptuous or sarcastic use.
4. One who assumes in argument what he does not prove. Abp. Tillotson.
BeggarBeg"gar, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beggared (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Beggaring.]
1. To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself. Milton.
2. To cause to seem very poor and inadequate.
It beggared all description. Shak.
Synonyms
beggar (n.)
bum, cadger, good-for-nothing, pauper, supplicant, tramp, vagrant, wastrel, mendicant (literary, old), panhandler (colloquial, American)
beggar (v.)
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See also
beggar (v.)
↗ dosser, down-and-out, hobo, impoverishment, pauperisation, pauperization, runabout, tramp, waif
beggar (n.)
Phrases
⇨ European beggar-ticks • beggar description • beggar lice • beggar's bag • beggar's lice • beggar's pouch • beggar's-ticks • beggar-my-neighbor • beggar-my-neighbor policy • beggar-my-neighbor strategy • beggar-my-neighbour • beggar-my-neighbour policy • beggar-my-neighbour strategy • beggar-ticks • swampy beggar-ticks • trifid beggar-ticks
⇨ Beggar My Neighbour (TV series) • Beggar Prince • Beggar and Co • Beggar on Horseback • Beggar on a Beach of Gold • Beggar thy neighbour • Beggar's Holiday • Beggar's Oil • Beggar's lice • Beggar-My-Neighbour • Choosey Beggar • Don't Make a Beggar of Me • From the Beggar's Mantle...Fringed with Gold • Golden Beggar • How the Beggar Boy turned into Count Piro • Robin Hood and the Beggar • Robin Hood and the Beggar, I • Robin Hood and the Beggar, II • Silly Beggar • Sophisticated Beggar • Sturdy beggar • The Absent-Minded Beggar • The Beggar • The Beggar (play) • The Beggar Bride • The Beggar Child • The Beggar Queen • The Beggar and the Diamond • The Beggar of Volubilis • The Beggar's Benison • The Beggar's Opera • The Beggar's Opera (film) • The Beggar's Petition • The Beggar-Laddie • The Blind Beggar • The Blind Beggar of Alexandria • The Court Beggar • The Jolly Beggar • The King and the Beggar-maid • Walking with the Beggar Boys
Analogical dictionary
beggar (n.)
personne qui demande (fr)[Classe]
wastrel; mendicant; beggar; panhandler[ClasseHyper.]
beggar (n.)
pauper[Hyper.]
beg, beggar, impoverish, pauperise, pauperize - mendicant - beggarly, mean[Dérivé]
beggar (v.)
beggar (v.)
defy, refuse, resist[Hyper.]
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