Definitions for beggar
ˈbɛg ərbeg·gar

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. beggar, mendicantverb

   a pauper who lives by begging

2. beggarverb

   be beyond the resources of

   "This beggars description!"

3. beggar, pauperize, pauperiseverb

   reduce to beggary

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. beggarnoun

   A person who begs.

2. beggarnoun

   A person suffering from extreme poverty.

3. beggarverb

   To make a beggar of someone; impoverish.

4. beggarverb

   To exhaust the resources of; to outdo.

5. 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

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Beggarnoun

   Etymology: from beg.

   1. One who lives upon alms; one who has nothing but what is given him.

   He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes. 1 Samuel, ii. 8.

   We see the whole equipage of a beggar so drawn by Homer, as even to retain a nobleness and dignity. William Broome, on the Odyssey.

   2. One who supplicates for any thing; a petitioner; for which, beggar is a harsh and contemptuous term.

   What subjects will precarious kings regard?
   A beggar speaks too softly to be heard. John Dryden, Conq. of Gran.

   3. One who assumes what he does not prove.

   These shameful beggars of principles, who give this precarious account of the original of things, assume to themselves to be men of reason. John Tillotson.

2. To Beggarverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To reduce to beggary; to impoverish.

   Whose heavy hand hath bow’d you to the grave,
   And beggar’d your’s for ever. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   They shall spoil the clothiers wool, and beggar the present spinners. John Graunt, Bills of Mortality.

   If the miser durst his farthings spare,
   With heav’n, for twopence, cheaply wipes his score,
   Lifts up his eyes, and hastes to beggar more. John Gay, Trivia.

   2. To deprive.

   Necessity, of matter beggar’d,
   Will nothing stick our persons to arraign
   In ear and ear. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

   3. To exhaust.

   For her person,
   It beggar’d all description; she did lie
   In her pavilion, cloth of gold, of tissue,
   O’er-picturing Venus. William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. beggar

   Begging (also panhandling) is the practice of imploring others to grant a favor, often a gift of money, with little or no expectation of reciprocation. A person doing such is called a beggar or panhandler. Beggars may operate in public places such as transport routes, urban parks, and markets. Besides money, they may also ask for food, drinks, cigarettes or other small items. Internet begging is the modern practice of asking people to give money to others via the Internet, rather than in person. Internet begging may encompass requests for help meeting basic needs such as medical care and shelter, as well as requests for people to pay for vacations, school trips, and other things that the beggar wants but cannot comfortably afford.Beggars differ from religious mendicants in that some mendicants do not ask for money. Their subsistence is reciprocated by providing society with various forms of religious service, moral education, and preservation of culture.

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1. beggar

   A beggar is an individual who asks or solicits others, often in public places, for money or food, usually because of poverty or unemployment. This could include those who are homeless or those who use begging as a means of sustaining themselves.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Beggarnoun

   one who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner

2. Beggarnoun

   one who makes it his business to ask alms

3. Beggarnoun

   one who is dependent upon others for support; -- a contemptuous or sarcastic use

4. Beggarnoun

   one who assumes in argument what he does not prove

5. Beggarverb

   to reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself

6. Beggarverb

   to cause to seem very poor and inadequate

The Roycroft DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. beggar

   A robber who has lost his nerve--a bandit with a streak of yellow in his ego.

Matched Categories

1. • Defy
   • Impoverish

Anagrams for beggar »

1. bagger

How to pronounce beggar?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of beggar in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of beggar in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of beggar in a Sentence

1. Martin Luther King:

   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.

2. Prakash Adhikari:

   Human beings are unsatisfied beggar.

3. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   Without a rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar.

4. Rudyard Kipling:

   He wrapped himself in quotations- as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.

5. Aristippus:

   It is better to be a beggar than ignorant; for a beggar only wants money, but an ignorant person wants humanity.

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