'Beggar' definitions:
Definition of 'beggar'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Beggar'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Beggar'
From: GCIDE
- Beggar \Beg"gar\, n. [OE. beggere, fr. beg.]
- 1. One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One who makes it his business to ask alms. [1913 Webster]
- 3. One who is dependent upon others for support; -- a contemptuous or sarcastic use. [1913 Webster]
- 4. One who assumes in argument what he does not prove. --Abp. Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'beggar'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- almsman,
- almswoman,
- Arab,
- asker,
- baffle,
- bankrupt,
- beach bum,
- beachcomber,
- beggarly fellow,
- blighter,
- bloke,
- bo,
- Bowery bum,
- budmash,
- bum,
- bummer,
- cadger,
- caitiff,
- casual,
- challenge,
- chap,
- charity case,
- coupon clippers,
- deadbeat,
- defy,
- derelict,
- devil,
- dogie,
- down-and-out,
- down-and-outer,
- drifter,
- drone,
- drunkard,
- fellow,
- freeloader,
- gamin,
- gamine,
- good-for-naught,
- good-for-nothing,
- guttersnipe,
- guy,
- hardcase,
- hobo,
- homeless waif,
- human wreck,
- idle rich,
- idler,
- impoverish,
- indigent,
- landloper,
- lazzarone,
- leisure class,
- loafer,
- losel,
- lounge lizard,
- lowlife,
- lumpen proletariat,
- man,
- mauvais sujet,
- mean wretch,
- mendicant,
- mendicant friar,
- mendicant order,
- moocher,
- mucker,
- mudlark,
- no-good,
- nonworker,
- panhandler,
- parasite,
- pauper,
- pauperize,
- pauvre diable,
- penniless man,
- person,
- petitioner,
- piker,
- pilgarlic,
- poor creature,
- poor devil,
- poor man,
- poorling,
- prayer,
- ragamuffin,
- ragman,
- ragpicker,
- reduce,
- rentiers,
- rounder,
- sad case,
- sad sack,
- schnorrer,
- scrounger,
- ski bum,
- skid-row bum,
- spiv,
- sponge,
- sponger,
- starveling,
- stiff,
- stray,
- street Arab,
- street urchin,
- suitor,
- sundowner,
- suppliant,
- supplicant,
- supplicator,
- surf bum,
- swagman,
- swagsman,
- tatterdemalion,
- tennis bum,
- the unemployable,
- the unemployed,
- tramp,
- truant,
- turnpiker,
- urchin,
- vag,
- vagabond,
- vagrant,
- vaurien,
- waif,
- waifs and strays,
- want,
- wastrel,
- welfare client,
- worthless fellow,
- wretch
Words containing 'Beggar'
- Beggared,
- Beggaring,
- Beggarism,
- Beggarly,
- Beggar's lice,
- Beggar's ticks,
- beggar lice,
- Couple-beggar,
- beggar's-ticks,
- beggar-lice,
- beggar-my-neighbor,
- beggar-my-neighbour,
- beggar-ticks,
- beggar-my-neighbor policy,
- beggar-my-neighbor strategy,
- beggar-my-neighbour policy,
- beggar-my-neighbour strategy,
- european beggar-ticks,
- swampy beggar-ticks,
- trifid beggar-ticks