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Webster 1913 Edition

Beggar

Beg′gar

,
Noun.
[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.

Beg′gar

,
Verb.
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.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Beggar

BEG'GAR

,
Noun.
[See Beg.] One that lives by asking alms, or makes it his business to beg for charity.
1.
One who supplicates with humility; a petitioner; but in this sense rarely used, as the word has become a term of contempt.
2.
One who assumes in argument what he does not prove.

BEG'GAR

,
Verb.
T.
To reduce to beggary; to impoverish.
1.
To deprive or make destitute; to exhaust; as, to beggar description.

Definition 2024

béggar

béggar

See also: beggar

Cimbrian

Noun

béggar m ‎(plural [please provide])

  1. beggar

Related terms

References

  • “béggar” in Umberto Martello Martalar, Alfonso Bellotto, Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Setti Communi vicentini, 1st edition, 1974.

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