What does beggar mean?
Definitions for beggar
ˈbɛg ərbeg·gar
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage 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
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Beggarnoun
Etymology: from beg.
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.
What subjects will precarious kings regard?
A beggar speaks too softly to be heard. John Dryden, Conq. of Gran.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.
To Beggarverb
Etymology: from the noun.
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.Necessity, of matter beggar’d,
Will nothing stick our persons to arraign
In ear and ear. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.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.
Wikipedia
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.
ChatGPT
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 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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Anagrams for beggar »
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Numerology
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
You know, I'm saying to Donald Trump, what is this guy, a beggar ? he gave me his number, and I found the card. I wrote the number down. I don't know if it's the right number. Let's try it.
Human beings are unsatisfied beggar.
Then isn’t it better to do what’s up to you - like a free man - than to be passively controlled by what isn’t, like a slave or a beggar?
Without a rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar.
He wrapped himself in quotations- as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.
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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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