beggar - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'beggar' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . 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.

2 . Beggar

[ v. t.]

- To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself.
- To cause to seem very poor and inadequate.

Meaning of 'beggar' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . beggar

[ v]

Meaning (1):
- be beyond the resources of

Example in sentence:

This beggars description!

Nearby Words:

beg bega began begat begem begemmed begemming beget begetter begetting

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