beggar

beg·gar  (bgr)

n.

1. One who solicits alms for a living.

2. An impoverished person; a pauper.

3. Informal A man or a boy.

tr.v. beg·gared, beg·gar·ing, beg·gars

1. To make a beggar of; impoverish.

2. To exceed the limits, resources, or capabilities of: beauty that beggars description.

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[Middle English, from Old French begart, ultimately from Middle Dutch beggaert, one who rattles off prayers.]

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beggar

Noun

1. a person who lives by begging

2. Chiefly Brit a fellow: lucky beggar!

Verb

beggar description to be impossible to describe

beggarly adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	beggar - a pauper who lives by begging         mendicant beggarman - a man who is a beggar beggarwoman - a woman who is a beggar cadger, mooch, moocher, scrounger - someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free) panhandler - a beggar who approaches strangers asking for money pauper - a person who is very poor sannyasi, sannyasin, sanyasi - a Hindu religious mendicant
Verb	1.	beggar - be beyond the resources of; "This beggars description!" resist, defy, refuse - elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation"
	2.	beggar - reduce to beggary pauperise, pauperize impoverish - make poor

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beggar

noun 1. tramp, bankrupt, bum (informal) derelict, drifter, down-and-out, pauper, vagrant, hobo chiefly U.S. vagabond, bag lady chiefly U.S. dosser Brit. (slang) derro Austral. (slang) starveling

verb 2. defy, challenge, defeat, frustrate, foil, baffle, thwart, withstand, surpass, elude, repel

Translations

beggar [ˈbɛgəʳ] n → mendigo/a

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beggar [ˈbɛgəʳ] n (also: beggarman) (also: beggarwoman) → mendiant(e)

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beggar [ˈbɛgəʳ] n → Bettler(in) m(f)

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beggar [ˈbɛgəʳ] n (also: beggarman) (also: beggarwoman) → mendicante m/f

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beggar beg