beggar

Speech parts

1. beggar - Noun

2. beggar - Verb

Meaning

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.

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

To cause to seem very poor and inadequate.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mendicant vagabond ruin pauper pauperize schnorrer panhandler pauperise wight gent gipsy earthling tramp geezer scullion
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Antonyms

god princess olympian godhead barbarian jovian
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Hypernyms

resist refuse defy pauper impoverish

Hyponyms

mooch sanyasi moocher scrounger cadger sannyasin

Phrases with the word

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Derivatives

beggared beggaring

Anagrams

bagger Bragge

Examples

He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors. Rudyard Kipling

I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married. Elizabeth I of England

I am a freeman and jolly as a beggar. Rutherford B. Hayes

In love beggar and king are equal. Hindi Proverb

A beggar will always be a beggar even if they give him the whole world as a gift. Persian Proverb

Set a beggar on horseback, and he'll ride to the devil. English Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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