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Beggar Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Beggar? [n] a pauper who lives by begging [v] reduce to beggary [v] be beyond the resources of; "This beggars description!" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Beggar: mendicant \| pauperise \| pauperize Related Terms \| Find terms related to Beggar: almsman \| almswoman \| Arab \| asker \| baffle \| bankrupt \| beach bum \| beachcomber \| beggarly fellow \| blighter \| bloke \| bo \| Bowery bum \| budmash \| bum \| bummer \| cadger \| caitiff \| casual \| challenge \| chap \| charity case \| coupon clippers \| deadbeat \| defy \| derelict \| devil \| dogie \| down-and-out \| down-and-outer \| drifter \| drone \| drunkard \| fellow \| freeloader \| gamin \| gamine \| good-for-naught \| good-for-nothing \| guttersnipe \| guy \| hardcase \| hobo \| homeless waif \| human wreck \| idle rich \| idler \| impoverish \| indigent \| landloper \| lazzarone \| leisure class \| loafer \| losel \| lounge lizard \| lowlife \| lumpen proletariat \| man \| mauvais sujet \| mean wretch \| mendicant \| mendicant friar \| mendicant order \| moocher \| mucker \| mudlark \| no-good \| nonworker \| panhandler \| parasite \| pauper \| pauperize \| pauvre diable \| penniless man \| person \| petitioner \| piker \| pilgarlic \| poor creature \| poor devil \| poor man \| poorling \| prayer \| ragamuffin \| ragman \| ragpicker \| reduce \| rentiers \| rounder \| sad case \| sad sack \| schnorrer \| scrounger \| ski bum \| skid-row bum \| spiv \| sponge \| sponger \| starveling \| stiff \| stray \| street Arab \| street urchin \| suitor \| sundowner \| suppliant \| supplicant \| supplicator \| surf bum \| swagman \| swagsman \| tatterdemalion \| tennis bum \| the unemployable \| the unemployed \| tramp \| truant \| turnpiker \| urchin \| vag \| vagabond \| vagrant \| vaurien \| waif \| waifs and strays \| want \| wastrel \| welfare client \| worthless fellow \| wretch See Also \| beggarman \| beggarwoman \| cadger \| defy \| impoverish \| Lazarus \| moocher \| panhandler \| pauper \| poor man \| refuse \| resist \| scrounger Beggar In Webster's Dictionary \Beg"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. \Beg"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.

Beggar Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Beggar?

[n] a pauper who lives by begging
[v] reduce to beggary
[v] be beyond the resources of; "This beggars description!"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Beggar: mendicant | pauperise | pauperize

Beggar In Webster's Dictionary

\Beg"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.


\Beg"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.

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