beggar
beggar is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.One who makes it his business to ask alms.
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- applicant
- aspirant
- bagman
- bidder
- bum
- cadger
- candidate
- canvasser
- case
- child
- claimant
- client
- competitor
- core
- flower
- hard
- hobo
- homeless
- hotel
- hunter
- knight
- mendicant
- mumper
- pauper
- person
- petitioner
- place
- poor
- postulant
- pot
- poverty
- prizer
- road
- runner
- salesman
- seeker
- solicitor
- sponger
- steerer
- stiff
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is beggar.
- What is one who makes it his business to ask alms called?
- What is one who is dependent upon others for support; -- a contemptuous or sarcastic use called?
- What is one who assumes in argument what he does not prove. Abp. Tillotson called?
- What is to reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself. Milton called?
- What is to cause to seem very poor and inadequate. It beggared all description. Shak called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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