Definition of beggar

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Beggar (v. t.) To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself..

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Mendication :: Mendication (n.) The act or practice of begging; beggary; mendicancy.
Beggared :: Beggared (imp. & p. p.) of Begga.
Beggarly :: Beggarly (a.) In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible..
Mendicity :: Mendicity (n.) The practice of begging; the life of a beggar; mendicancy.
Beggary :: Beggary (a.) Beggarly.
Refer :: Refer (v. t.) Hence: To send or direct away; to send or direct elsewhere, as for treatment, aid, information, decision, etc.; to make over, or pass over, to another; as, to refer a student to an author; to refer a beggar to an officer; to refer a bill to a committee; a court refers a matter of fact to a commissioner for investigation, or refers a question of law to a superior tribunal..
Proctor :: Proctor (n.) A person appointed to collect alms for those who could not go out to beg for themselves, as lepers, the bedridden, etc.; hence a beggar..
Maunder :: Maunder (n.) A beggar.
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..
Beggarism :: Beggarism (n.) Beggary.
Prog :: Prog (n.) A vagrant beggar; a tramp.
Walleteer :: Walleteer (n.) One who carries a wallet; a foot traveler; a tramping beggar.
Bezonian :: Bezonian (n.) A low fellow or scoundrel; a beggar.
Shack :: Shack (n.) A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp..
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..
Mendicant :: Mendicant (a.) Practicing beggary; begging; living on alms; as, mendicant friars..
Beggarly :: Beggarly (a.) Produced or occasioned by beggary.
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..
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.
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