Definition of beggar

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Beggar (n.) One who makes it his business to ask alms.

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Beggar :: Beggar (v. t.) To cause to seem very poor and inadequate.
Mendicant :: Mendicant (n.) A beggar; esp., one who makes a business of begging; specifically, a begging friar..
Rag :: Rag (n.) A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin..
Beggarliness :: Beggarliness (n.) The quality or state of being beggarly; meanness.
Descend :: Descend (v. i.) To come down, as from a source, original, or stock; to be derived; to proceed by generation or by transmission; to fall or pass by inheritance; as, the beggar may descend from a prince; a crown descends to the heir..
Boraginaceous :: Boraginaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants (Boraginaceae) which includes the borage, heliotrope, beggar's lice, and many pestiferous plants..
Beggar :: Beggar (n.) One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner..
Beggestere :: Beggestere (n.) A beggar.
Beggarism :: Beggarism (n.) Beggary.
Beggar''s Lice :: Beggar's lice () The prickly fruit or seed of certain plants (as some species of Echinospermum and Cynoglossum) which cling to the clothing of those who brush by them.
Beggarly :: Beggarly (adv.) In an indigent, mean, or despicable manner; in the manner of a beggar..
Mendicancy :: Mendicancy (n.) The condition of being mendicant; beggary; begging.
Beggar :: Beggar (n.) One who is dependent upon others for support; -- a contemptuous or sarcastic use.
Bluegown :: Bluegown (n.) One of a class of paupers or pensioners, or licensed beggars, in Scotland, to whim annually on the king's birthday were distributed certain alms, including a blue gown; a beadsman..
Couple-beggar :: Couple-beggar (n.) One who makes it his business to marry beggars to each other.
Mumper :: Mumper (n.) A beggar; a begging impostor.
Beggarhood :: Beggarhood (n.) The condition of being a beggar; also, the class of beggars..
Beggar''s Ticks :: Beggar's ticks () The bur marigold (Bidens) and its achenes, which are armed with barbed awns, and adhere to clothing and fleeces with unpleasant tenacity..
Bezonian :: Bezonian (n.) A low fellow or scoundrel; a beggar.
Caird :: Caird (n.) A traveling tinker; also a tramp or sturdy beggar.
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