Definition of beggar

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Beggar (v. t.) To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself..

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Beggar :: Beggar (v. t.) To cause to seem very poor and inadequate.
Mendicant :: Mendicant (n.) A beggar; esp., one who makes a business of begging; specifically, a begging friar..
Mumper :: Mumper (n.) A beggar; a begging impostor.
Gaber-lunzie :: Gaber-lunzie (n.) A beggar with a wallet; a licensed beggar.
Walleteer :: Walleteer (n.) One who carries a wallet; a foot traveler; a tramping beggar.
Beggaring :: Beggaring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Begga.
Mendicant :: Mendicant (a.) Practicing beggary; begging; living on alms; as, mendicant friars..
Couple-beggar :: Couple-beggar (n.) One who makes it his business to marry beggars to each other.
Vagrant :: Vagrant (n.) One who strolls from place to place; one who has no settled habitation; an idle wanderer; a sturdy beggar; an incorrigible rogue; a vagabond.
Mendicity :: Mendicity (n.) The practice of begging; the life of a beggar; mendicancy.
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..
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..
Caird :: Caird (n.) A traveling tinker; also a tramp or sturdy beggar.
Bur Marigold :: Bur marigold () See Beggar's ticks.
Beggary :: Beggary (a.) Beggarly.
Sticky :: Stick-tight (n.) Beggar's ticks.
Beggar :: Beggar (v. t.) To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself..
Descend :: Descend (v. i.) To come down, as from a source, original, or stock; to be derived; to proceed by generation or by transmission; to fall or pass by inheritance; as, the beggar may descend from a prince; a crown descends to the heir..
Beggarly :: Beggarly (a.) In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible..
Palliard :: Palliard (n.) A born beggar; a vagabond.
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