Definition of Beggar

1. Noun. A pauper who lives by begging.

Exact synonyms: Mendicant
Specialized synonyms: Beggarman, Beggarwoman, Cadger, Mooch, Moocher, Scrounger, Panhandler, Sannyasi, Sannyasin, Sanyasi
Specialized synonyms: Lazarus
Generic synonyms: Pauper
Derivative terms: Beggarly, Mendicant

2. Verb. Be beyond the resources of. "This beggars description!"
Generic synonyms: Defy, Refuse, Resist

3. Verb. Reduce to beggary.
Exact synonyms: Pauperise, Pauperize
Generic synonyms: Impoverish
Derivative terms: Pauperisation, Pauper, Pauperization, Pauperization

Definition of Beggar

1. n. One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner.

2. v. t. To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself.

Definition of Beggar

1. to impoverish [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: impoverish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beggar

begat
begaze
begazed
begazes
begazing
Begbie's disease
begem
begemmed
begemming
begems
beget
begets
begetter
begetters
begetting
beggar (current term)
beggar's-ticks
beggar's lice
beggar's lice
beggar-my-neighbor
beggar-my-neighbor policy
beggar-my-neighbor strategy
beggar-my-neighbour
beggar-my-neighbour policy
beggar-my-neighbour strategy
beggar-ticks
beggardom
beggardoms
beggared
beggaries

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