beggar, mendicant
(noun) a pauper who lives by begging
beggar, pauperize, pauperise
(verb) reduce to beggary
beggar
(verb) be beyond the resources of; “This beggars description!”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
beggar (plural beggars)
A person who begs.
A person suffering from extreme poverty.
(colloquial, sometimes, affectionate) A mean or wretched person; a scoundrel.
In the UK, a minced oath for bugger.
• (who begs): mendicant, panhandler, schnorrer, spanger, truant, see also beggar
• (extremely poor person): palliard, pauper, vagabond, see also pauper
beggar (third-person singular simple present beggars, present participle beggaring, simple past and past participle beggared)
(transitive) To make a beggar of someone; impoverish.
(transitive) To exhaust the resources of; to outdo.
• ruin
• bagger
Source: Wiktionary
Beg"gar, n. Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
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