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1. (n.) beggar
a person who begs alms or lives by begging.
2. beggar
a penniless person.
3. beggar
a rascal; rogue.
4. beggar
a person; fellow.
5. (v.t.) beggar
to reduce to utter poverty; impoverish.
6. beggar
to cause to seem inadequate; exhaust the resources of.
Etymology: (1175–1225)
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| Definition of 'beggar' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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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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| Definition of 'beggar' |
Webster 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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| Definitions of 'beggar' |
The Roycroft Dictionary |
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beggar
A robber who has lost his nerve--a bandit with a streak of yellow in his ego.
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Sense: a person who lives by begging
The beggar asked for money for food.
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Afrikaans: bedelaar |
Arabic: شَحّاد، مُتَسَوِّل |
Bulgarian: просяк |
Brazilian: mendigo |
Czech: žebrák |
German: der Bettler |
Danish: tigger |
Greek: ζητιάνος |
Spanish: mendigo |
Estonian: kerjus |
Farsi: گدا؛ تهیدست |
Finnish: kerjäläinen |
French: mendiant/-ante |
Hebrew: קַבּצָן |
Hindi: भिखारी |
Croatian: prosjak |
Hungarian: koldus |
Indonesian: pengemis |
Icelandic: betlari |
Italian: mendicante |
Japanese: こじき |
Korean: 걸인 |
Lithuanian: elgeta |
Latvian: ubags |
Malay: pengemis |
Dutch: bedelaar |
Norwegian: tigger, betler |
Polish: żebrak |
Persian: گدا؛ تهیدست |
Pashto: سوالګر، ګدايى ګر، ورويز ګ |
Portuguese: pedinte |
Romanian: cerşetor |
Russian: нищий |
Slovak: žobrák |
Slovenian: berač |
Serbian: prosjak |
Swedish: tiggare |
Thai: คนขอทาน |
Turkish: dilenci |
Taiwanese: 乞丐 |
Ukrainian: жебрак; старець |
Urdu: بھک منگا ، گداگر |
Vietnamese: nguời ăn xin |
Chinese: 乞丐 |
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