What does "beggar" mean?
Beggar: One who makes it his business to ask alms.
Additional senses
- 2.One who is dependent upon others for support; -- a contemptuous or sarcastic use.
- 3.One who assumes in argument what he does not prove. Abp. Tillotson.
- 4.To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself. Milton.
- 5.To cause to seem very poor and inadequate. It beggared all description. Shak.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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