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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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