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poor beggar

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  • beggar — I UK [ˈbeɡə(r)] / US [ˈbeɡər] noun [countable] Word forms beggar : singular beggar plural beggars someone who is very poor and lives by asking people for money or food • lucky/lazy/cheeky etc beggar British spoken used in a friendly way for… …   English dictionary

  • beggar — beg|gar1 [ begər ] noun count someone who is very poor and lives by asking people for money or food beggars can t be choosers INFORMAL used for saying that you have to accept anything that is offered to you, usually because you have no money or… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • beggar — n. & v. n. 1 a person who begs, esp. one who lives by begging. 2 a poor person. 3 colloq. a person; a fellow (poor beggar). v.tr. 1 reduce to poverty. 2 outshine. 3 exhaust the resources of (beggar description). Phrases and idioms: beggar my… …   Useful english dictionary

  • beggar — [beg′ər] n. [ME beggere < OFr begard: see BEG] 1. a person who begs, or asks for charity, esp. one who lives by begging; mendicant 2. a person who is very poor; pauper 3. Chiefly Brit. a person; fellow: often used jokingly or affectionately vt …   English World dictionary

  • Poor Clares — • The second order of St. Francis Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Poor Clares     Poor Clares     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • beggar — [n1] person asking for charity asker, borrower, bum, deadbeat, hobo, mendicant, panhandler, rustler, scrounger, supplicant, supplicator, tramp, vagabond; concepts 412,423 beggar [n2] person in financial trouble alms person, bankrupt, dependent,… …   New thesaurus

  • Beggar — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To cause to seem very poor and inadequate. [1913 Webster] It beggared all… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • beggar — beg|gar1 [ˈbegə US ər] n 1.) someone who lives by asking people for food and money ▪ the beggars on the streets 2.) lucky/lazy/cheeky etc beggar BrE spoken used when speaking to or about someone you like ▪ How s Dave? The lucky beggar s in the… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • beggar — 1 noun (C) 1 someone who lives by asking people for food and money: There s been a huge increase in the number of beggars on London s streets. 2 lucky/lazy/cheeky etc beggar BrE spoken used to describe someone who you think is lucky, lazy etc, in …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • beggar — 1. noun a) A person who begs. Odysseus has returned to his home disguised as a beggar. b) A person suffering from extreme poverty. Im to be a poor, crawling beggar, sponging for rum, when I might be rolling in a coach! Syn: mendicant …   Wiktionary

  • beggar — [[t]be̱gə(r)[/t]] beggars, beggaring, beggared 1) N COUNT A beggar is someone who lives by asking people for money or food. Syn: panhandler 2) VERB If something beggars a person, country, or organization, it makes them very poor. [V n] He warned… …   English dictionary

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