Canadian English Meaning of beggar

beggar

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Definitions and Meaning of beggar in English

Wordnet

beggar (n)

a pauper who lives by begging

Wordnet

beggar (v)

be beyond the resources of

reduce to beggary

Webster

beggar (n.)

One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner.

One who makes it his business to ask alms.

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

One who assumes in argument what he does not prove.

Webster

beggar (v. t.)

To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself.

To cause to seem very poor and inadequate.

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beggar

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