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Type Words
Synonyms pauperise, pauperize
Type of impoverish
Type Words
Synonyms mendicant
Type of pauper
Has types beggarwoman, cadger, mooch, moocher, panhandler, beggarman, sannyasi, sannyasin, sanyasi, scrounger
Derivation beggarly
Type Words
Type of resist, defy, refuse


This beggars description!.

Examples of beggar

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He impulsively cut his own military cloak in half and shared it with the beggar.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Zarita is the daughter of the town magistrate and Saulo is the son of a beggar.
From the guardian.co.uk
Then on Sept. 3, the beggar demanded $100 of Letkiewicz, punching him 10 times.
From the suntimes.com
Some already were more tempted to kick a beggar in the shin than hand him a dime.
From the heraldtribune.com
From beggar to richman, from servant to politician which spread over the world.
From the imo.thejakartapost.com
Political games of beggar my neighbour have little to do with the actual science.
From the guardian.co.uk
Disguised as a beggar, he was spying on Charlemagne's troop camp during Easter.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The same calculus applies to the beggar who relies on panhandling for a booze hit.
From the theatlantic.com
At first, Obama's mother gave money to every beggar who stopped at their door.
From the time.com
More examples
  • A pauper who lives by begging
  • Be beyond the resources of; "This beggars description!"
  • Reduce to beggary
  • Begging (or panhandling in the US) is to request a donation in a supplicating manner. Beggars are commonly found in public places such as street corners or public transport, where they request money, most commonly in the form of spare change. ...
  • The Beggar is a 1965 novella by Naguib Mahfouz about the failure to find meaning in existence. It is set in post-revolutionary Cairo during the time of Gamal Abdel Nasser.
  • The Beggar is a short play by the German dramatist Bertolt Brecht.
  • (Beggars (album)) Beggars is the sixth studio album by American rock band Thrice. It was released digitally through Vagrant Records in the UK on August 9, 2009 and in the US on August 11, 2009. A physical release containing bonus material was released on September 15, 2009.
  • A person who begs; A person suffering from extreme poverty; To make a beggar of someone; impoverish; To exhaust the resources of; to outdo
  • (Beggars) If they're old and knackered or physically disabled to the extent that they're incapable of work, fine. Giving to kids just perpetuates the system of kids being sent out to beg. ...