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Definition of Beggar

1. Verb. Be beyond the resources of. "This beggars description!"

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. Noun. A person who begs. ¹

2. Noun. A person suffering from extreme poverty. ¹

3. Verb. To make a beggar of someone; impoverish. ¹

4. Verb. To exhaust the resources of; to outdo. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Beggar

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beggar

Literary usage of Beggar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Poetry by Modern Poetry Association (1914)
""And though I'd marry with a comely lass, She need not be too comely—let it pass," beggar to beggar cried, being frenzy-struck, "But there's a devil in a ..."

2. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry by Thomas Percy (1887)
"KING COPHETUA AND THE beggar MAID Is a story often alluded to by our old dramatic writers. Shakespeare, in his Romeo and Juliet, Act ii. ..."

3. Representative British Dramas, Victorian and Modern by Montrose Jonas Moses (1918)
"IST beggar. The black sheep baaed to the miller's ewe-lamb, The miller's away ... 3RD beggar. Be we not of the family? be we not a-supping with the hi-ad of ..."

4. A Collection of Old Ballads. Corrected from the Best and Most Ancient Copies by Ambrose Philips (1723)
"The Merchant's Son and beggar Wench of Hull. YOung Gallants all I pray draw near, ... How a poor beggar-Wench of Hull, A Merchant's Son of York did gull. ..."

5. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1873)
"I was told that this particular Mr. Smith was a beggar; that he was known all over the country as " beggar Smith ;" and that, instead of leaving any money ..."

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