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Beggar

see synonyms of beggar

Noun

1. beggar, mendicant

a pauper who lives by begging

Verb

2. beggar

be beyond the resources of

Example Sentences:
'This beggars description!'

3. beggar, pauperise, pauperize

reduce to beggary

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Beggar

see synonyms of beggar
noun
1. 
a person who begs, esp one who lives by begging
2. 
a person who has no money or resources; pauper
3. ironic, humorous, mainly British
fellow
lucky beggar!
verb (transitive)
4. 
to be beyond the resources of (esp in the phrase to beggar description)
5. 
to impoverish; reduce to begging

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Beggar

see synonyms of beggar
noun
1. 
a person who begs, or asks for charity, esp. one who lives by begging; mendicant
2. 
a person who is very poor; pauper
3.  Chiefly British
a person; fellow
often used jokingly or affectionately
verb transitive
4. 
to make a beggar of; make poor
5. 
to make seem inadequate or useless
her beauty beggars description

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Beggar

see synonyms of beggar
n.
1. One who solicits alms for a living.
2. An impoverished person; a pauper.
3. Informal A man or a boy.
tr.v. beg·gared, beg·gar·ing, beg·gars
1. To make a beggar of; impoverish.
2. To exceed the limits, resources, or capabilities of: beauty that beggars description.

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