Beggar

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One who solicits alms for a living.
  • n. An impoverished person; a pauper.
  • n. Informal A man or a boy.
  • v. To make a beggar of; impoverish.
  • v. To exceed the limits, resources, or capabilities of: beauty that beggars description.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A person who begs.
  • n. A person suffering from extreme poverty.
  • v. To make a beggar of someone; impoverish.
  • v. To exhaust the resources of; to outdo.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner.
  • n. One who makes it his business to ask alms.
  • n. One who is dependent upon others for support; -- a contemptuous or sarcastic use.
  • n. One who assumes in argument what he does not prove.
  • v. To reduce to beggary; to impoverish.
  • v. To cause to seem very poor and inadequate.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who begs or asks alms; especially, one who lives by asking alms or makes it his business to beg.
  • n. One who is in indigent circumstances; one who has been beggared.
  • n. One who asks a favor; one who entreats; a petitioner.
  • n. One who assumes in argument what he does not prove.
  • n. A fellow; a rogue: used in contempt for a low fellow;
  • n. as a term of playful familiarity: as, he is a good-hearted little beggar.
  • To make a beggar of; reduce to beggary; impoverish.
  • To exhaust the resources of; exceed the means or capacity of; outdo.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. be beyond the resources of
  • v. reduce to beggary
  • n. a pauper who lives by begging
  • Antonym
    Verb Form
    beggared    beggaring    beggars   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    refuse    defy    resist    impoverish   
    Form
    beggared    beggaring   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    petitioner    impoverish    pauper    mendicant    mumper    thigger    clapperdudgeon    canter    fakir    jockey   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Gregor    egger    jaeger    macgregor   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    thief    vagabond    peasant    adventurer    robber    pilgrim    wretch    rascal    sailor    merchant