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beggary ['begərɪ]misère f, mendicité f;∎ they were reduced to beggary ils étaient réduits à la mendicité
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beggary — noun (U) formal the state of being very poor: The failure of their farm reduced them to beggary … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
beggary — noun Date: 14th century 1. poverty, penury 2. the class of beggars 3. the practice of begging … New Collegiate Dictionary
beggary — noun /ˈbɛɡəri/ a) The state of a beggar; indigence, extreme poverty. b) The fact or action of begging … Wiktionary
beggary — noun a state of extreme poverty … English new terms dictionary
beggary — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The condition of being extremely poor: destitution, impecuniosity, impecuniousness, impoverishment, indigence, need, neediness, pennilessness, penuriousness, penury, poverty, privation, want. See RICH. 2. The… … English dictionary for students
beggary — /ˈbɛgəri/ (say beguhree) noun 1. the condition of utter poverty. 2. beggars collectively …
mendicancy — noun 1. a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) • Syn: ↑beggary, ↑begging • Derivationally related forms: ↑mendicant, ↑beg (for: ↑beggary) … Useful english dictionary
begging — noun a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) • Syn: ↑beggary, ↑mendicancy • Derivationally related forms: ↑mendicant (for: ↑mendicancy), ↑beg ( … Useful english dictionary
Bayard of ten toes — noun Travel by foot. <span style= font variant:small caps >An</span> honest poor man is the proof of misery, where patience is put to the trial of her strength to endure grief without passion, in starving with concealed necessity,… … Wiktionary
mendicity — noun the state of being a beggar; mendicancy or beggary … Wiktionary
begry — noun Beggary … Wiktionary