beggar

Speech parts

1. beggar - Noun

2. beggar - Verb

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

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resist refuse defy pauper impoverish

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beggared beggaring

bagger Bragge

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