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Definitions for Beggar

[1] a person who begs alms or lives by begging.
[2] a penniless person.
[3] a wretched fellow; rogue: the surly beggar who collects the rents.
[4] a child or youngster (usually preceded by little ): a sudden urge to hug the little beggar.
[5] to reduce to utter poverty; impoverish: The family had been beggared by the war.
[6] to cause one's resources of or ability for (description, comparison, etc.) to seem poor or inadequate: The costume beggars description.
[7] a person who begs, esp one who lives by begging
[8] a person who has no money or resources; pauper
[9] ironic , jocular , mainly British fellow lucky beggar!
[10] to be beyond the resources of (esp in the phrase to beggar description )
[11] to impoverish; reduce to begging

Words related to Beggar

vagabond, panhandler, bum, vagrant, supplicant, deadbeat, tramp, mendicant, hobo, borrower, asker, scrounger, rustler, down-and-out, bankrupt, dependent, suppliant, pauper, guttersnipe, indigent

Words nearby Beggar

begar, begat, begats, begem, beget, beggar, beggar description, beggar's opera, the, beggar's-lice, beggar-my-neighbor, beggar-my-neighbour

Origin of Beggar

First recorded in 1175–1225, beggar is from the Middle English word beggare, beggere. See beg1, -er1, -ar3

Other words from Beggar

beg·gar·hood , noun

Synonyms for Beggar

bum, panhandler, vagabond, asker, borrower, deadbeat, hobo, mendicant, rustler, scrounger, supplicant, tramp, supplicator