Beggar \Beg"gar\, n. [OE. beggere, fr. beg.]

1. One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner.

2. One who makes it his business to ask alms.

3. One who is dependent upon others for support; -- a contemptuous or sarcastic use.

4. One who assumes in argument what he does not prove. --Abp. Tillotson.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

2. To cause to seem very poor and inadequate.

It beggared all description. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)