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beggar
(mass) | beggar
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beggar
(encz) | beggar,žebrák n: Zdeněk Brož |
Beggar
(gcide) | Beggar \Beg"gar\, n. [OE. beggere, fr. beg.]
1. One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with
humility; a petitioner.
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2. One who makes it his business to ask alms.
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3. One who is dependent upon others for support; -- a
contemptuous or sarcastic use.
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4. One who assumes in argument what he does not prove. --Abp.
Tillotson.
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Beggar
(gcide) | Beggar \Beg"gar\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beggared; p. pr. & vb.
n. Beggaring.]
1. To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared
himself. --Milton.
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2. To cause to seem very poor and inadequate.
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It beggared all description. --Shak.
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beggar
(wn) | beggar
n 1: a pauper who lives by begging [syn: beggar, mendicant]
v 1: be beyond the resources of; "This beggars description!"
2: reduce to beggary [syn: beggar, pauperize, pauperise] |
beggar
(devil) | BEGGAR, n. One who has relied on the assistance of his friends.
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BEGGAR
(bouvier) | BEGGAR. One who obtains his livelihood by asking alms. The laws of several
of the states punish begging as an offence.
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