Definitions for: Beggar

[n] a pauper who lives by begging
[v] reduce to beggary
[v] be beyond the resources of; "This beggars description!"

Webster (1913) Definition: Beg"gar, n. [OE. beggere, fr. beg.]
1. One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with
humility; a petitioner.

2. One who makes it his business to ask alms.

3. One who is dependent upon others for support; -- a
contemptuous or sarcastic use.

4. One who assumes in argument what he does not prove. --Abp.
Tillotson.

Beg"gar, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beggared; p. pr. & vb.
n. Beggaring.]
1. To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared
himself. --Milton.

2. To cause to seem very poor and inadequate.

It beggared all description. --Shak.

Synonyms: mendicant, pauperise, pauperize

See Also: beggarman, beggarwoman, cadger, defy, impoverish, Lazarus, moocher, panhandler, pauper, poor man, refuse, resist, scrounger

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