Definition of beggar

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Beggar (n.) One who is dependent upon others for support; -- a contemptuous or sarcastic use.

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Mendicity :: Mendicity (n.) The practice of begging; the life of a beggar; mendicancy.
Rogue :: Rogue (n.) A vagrant; an idle, sturdy beggar; a vagabond; a tramp..
Beggaring :: Beggaring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Begga.
Proletariate :: Proletariate (n.) The lower classes; beggars.
Boraginaceous :: Boraginaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants (Boraginaceae) which includes the borage, heliotrope, beggar's lice, and many pestiferous plants..
Beggestere :: Beggestere (n.) A beggar.
Beggar :: Beggar (n.) One who is dependent upon others for support; -- a contemptuous or sarcastic use.
Bezonian :: Bezonian (n.) A low fellow or scoundrel; a beggar.
Mendication :: Mendication (n.) The act or practice of begging; beggary; mendicancy.
Couple-beggar :: Couple-beggar (n.) One who makes it his business to marry beggars to each other.
Refer :: Refer (v. t.) Hence: To send or direct away; to send or direct elsewhere, as for treatment, aid, information, decision, etc.; to make over, or pass over, to another; as, to refer a student to an author; to refer a beggar to an officer; to refer a bill to a committee; a court refers a matter of fact to a commissioner for investigation, or refers a question of law to a superior tribunal..
Mendicant :: Mendicant (a.) Practicing beggary; begging; living on alms; as, mendicant friars..
Bluegown :: Bluegown (n.) One of a class of paupers or pensioners, or licensed beggars, in Scotland, to whim annually on the king's birthday were distributed certain alms, including a blue gown; a beadsman..
Rag :: Rag (n.) A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin..
Proctor :: Proctor (n.) A person appointed to collect alms for those who could not go out to beg for themselves, as lepers, the bedridden, etc.; hence a beggar..
Beggar''s Ticks :: Beggar's ticks () The bur marigold (Bidens) and its achenes, which are armed with barbed awns, and adhere to clothing and fleeces with unpleasant tenacity..
Beggar :: Beggar (v. t.) To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself..
Beggared :: Beggared (imp. & p. p.) of Begga.
Bur Marigold :: Bur marigold () See Beggar's ticks.
Prog :: Prog (n.) A vagrant beggar; a tramp.
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