BEGGAR
\bˈɛɡə], \bˈɛɡə], \b_ˈɛ_ɡ_ə]\
Definitions of BEGGAR
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner.
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One who makes it his business to ask alms.
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One who assumes in argument what he does not prove.
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To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself.
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To cause to seem very poor and inadequate.
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One who is dependent upon others for support; - a contemptuous or sarcastic use.
By Oddity Software
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One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner.
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One who makes it his business to ask alms.
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One who assumes in argument what he does not prove.
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To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself.
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To cause to seem very poor and inadequate.
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One who is dependent upon others for support; - a contemptuous or sarcastic use.
By Noah Webster.
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One who asks with humility; one who makes it his business to ask for alms; one who is reduced to extreme poverty.
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To take everything away from; to use up all the possibilities of; as, the horrors of a battlefield beggar description.
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Beggarliness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
