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