Found 3 items, similar to Beggar.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: beggar
pengemis
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: beggar
beggar
n : a pauper who lives by begging [syn:
mendicant]
beggar
v 1: be beyond the resources of;
“This beggars description!”
2: reduce to beggary [syn:
pauperize,
pauperise]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Beggar
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
\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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