What does beggar mean?
Definitions for beggar
ˈbɛg ərbeg·gar
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word beggar.
Princeton's WordNet
beggar, mendicantverb
a pauper who lives by begging
beggarverb
be beyond the resources of
"This beggars description!"
beggar, pauperize, pauperiseverb
reduce to beggary
Wiktionary
beggarnoun
A person who begs.
beggarnoun
A person suffering from extreme poverty.
beggarverb
To make a beggar of someone; impoverish.
beggarverb
To exhaust the resources of; to outdo.
Etymology: From begart, originally a member of the Beghards, a lay brotherhood of mendicants in the Low Countries, from beggaert "mendicant," with pejorative suffix; the order is said to be named after the Liege priest Lambert le Bègue (French for "Lambert the Stammerer"); others claim it's from beggere or beggare, from beggen + -are
Webster Dictionary
Beggarnoun
one who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner
Beggarnoun
one who makes it his business to ask alms
Beggarnoun
one who is dependent upon others for support; -- a contemptuous or sarcastic use
Beggarnoun
one who assumes in argument what he does not prove
Beggarverb
to reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself
Beggarverb
to cause to seem very poor and inadequate
The Roycroft Dictionary
beggar
A robber who has lost his nerve--a bandit with a streak of yellow in his ego.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of beggar in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of beggar in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of beggar in a Sentence
The court official in one life has seven rebirths as a beggar.
Bigger the beggar before God, the better his/her financial position.
True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it is not haphazard and superficial. It comes to see that an edifice that produces beggars needs restructuring.
It is better to be a beggar than ignorant; for a beggar only wants money, but an ignorant person wants humanity.
Man is an actor who plays various parts: First comes a boy, then out a lover starts; His garb is changed for, lo! a beggar?s rags; Then he?s a merchant with full money-bags; Anon, an aged sire, wrinkled and lean; At last Death drops the curtain on the scene.*
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- жабра́к, жабра́чкаBelarusian
- просяк, сиромах, бедня́кBulgarian
- mendicant, captaireCatalan, Valencian
- žebrákCzech
- tiggerDanish
- Bettler, BettlerinGerman
- επαίτης, ζητιάνος, ζητιάναGreek
- almozuloEsperanto
- mendigoSpanish
- keppikerjäläinen, köyhdyttää, köyhtyä, kerjäläinen, köyhäFinnish
- mendiantFrench
- sirtheoirIrish
- mendigo, mendicanteGalician
- קַבּצָןHebrew
- याचकHindi
- koldusHungarian
- pengemisIndonesian
- betlari, beiningamaðurIcelandic
- קבצןHebrew
- 乞食Japanese
- მათხოვარიGeorgian
- 거지, 걸개Korean
- ubagsLatvian
- пи́тач, про́сјакMacedonian
- armoedzaaier, haveloze, bedelaar, ruïnerenDutch
- tiggerNorwegian
- żebrak, biedakPolish
- mendigoPortuguese
- cerșetorRomanian
- бедня́к, попроша́йка, ни́щийRussian
- siròmāh, prosjàkinja, prȍsjākSerbo-Croatian
- tiggareSwedish
- பிச்சைக்காரன்Tamil
- dilenciTurkish
- ăn xinVietnamese
- lubegan, hilubeganef, lubeganef, hilubegan, jilubeganef, jilubeganVolapük
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