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Etymology
From beg + -ar

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-beggar.ogg|Audio (US)

:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�ɡ�(r)|-�ɡ�(r)

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Noun
en-noun

1. A person who beg|begs.

#* 1983. Rosen, Stanley. Plato�s Sophist: The Drama of Original & Image. South Bend, Indiana, USA: St. Augustine�s Press. p. 62.
#*: Odysseus has returned to his home disguised as a beggar.

1. A person suffering from extreme poverty.

#*1883, w:Robert Louis Stevenson|Robert Louis Stevenson, w:Treasure Island|Treasure Island
#*: I'm to be a poor, crawling beggar, sponging for rum, when I might be rolling in a coach!

Synonyms
malingerer, mendicant, panhandler

Translations
trans-top|person who begs
Czech: žebrák m
Finnish: t|fi|kerjäläinen
German: Bettler m
Greek: ζη�ιάνο� (zetianos) m, ζη�ιάνα (zetiana) f
Hebrew: קַ�ּצָ� (kabtzan) {{m
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Norwegian: tigger m
Spanish: mendigo m
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trans-top|person suffering poverty
Finnish: t|fi|keppikerjäläinen, t|fi|köyhä
Portuguese: t|pt|mendigo|m
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Spanish: mendigo m
Swedish: t|sv|tiggare|c
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ttbc|Dutch: bedelaar.
ttbc|French: mendiant m , gueux m
ttbc|Telugu: బి����ాడ� (bichchagaaDu) m, బి����త�త� (bichchagatte) f
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Derived terms
beggarly
beggarliness
beggars can't be choosers
beggary

Verb
en-verb

1. To make a beggar of someone; impoverish.
2. To exhaust the resources of.

Translations

trans-top|to make a beggar of someone
Finnish: t|fi|köyhdyttää, t|fi|köyhtyä (reflexive)
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trans-top|to exhaust resources of
Finnish: t|fi|köyhdyttää
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