Beggar - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈbeɡər|  American pronunciation of the word beggar
Brit.  |ˈbeɡə|  British pronunciation of the word beggar

noun

- a pauper who lives by begging (syn: mendicant)

verb

- be beyond the resources of
This beggars description!
- reduce to beggary (syn: pauperize)

Extra examples

I heard you won the contest! You lucky beggar!

...the pitiful beggars that are such a common sight in underdeveloped countries...

Years of civil war had beggared the country.

Why should he beggar himself for you?

This beggars description!

...a sidewalk beggar who benefited from the generosity of kindhearted passersby...

...a piteous beggar huddled in the doorway of an abandoned building...

...gave the beggar in the street a pitiless look and kept on walking...

...hated having to go before his boss like a supplicant beggar whenever he needed some time off to attend to personal matters...

In three months you'll breathe a beggar and outlaw.

The prince was changed into a beggar.

If you dare to trespass on my grounds you will be treated as a vagrant or a beggar.

A beggar asked for some spare change (=coins that you do not need).

'How's Dave?' 'The lucky beggar's in the south of France!'

Mother gave the beggar 20 pence.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: beggar
he/she/it: beggars
present participle: beggaring
past tense: beggared
past participle: beggared
noun
singular: beggar
plural: beggars
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