| Definitions of 'beggar' |
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1. (verb) beggar, mendicant
a pauper who lives by begging
2. (verb) beggar
be beyond the resources of
"This beggars description!"
3. (verb) beggar, pauperize, pauperise
reduce to beggary
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| Definitions of 'beggar' |
Webster 1913 Dictionary |
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1. (noun) beggar
one who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner
2. (noun) beggar
one who makes it his business to ask alms
3. (noun) beggar
one who is dependent upon others for support; -- a contemptuous or sarcastic use
4. (noun) beggar
one who assumes in argument what he does not prove
5. (verb) beggar
to reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself
6. (verb) beggar
to cause to seem very poor and inadequate
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