beggar meaning

Noun: beggar  begu(r)

1. A pauper who lives by begging
   - mendicant

Verb: beggar  begu(r)

1. Be beyond the resources of
   "This beggars description!" 
2. Reduce to beggary
   - pauperize, pauperise [Brit]

Derived forms: beggars, beggaring, beggared

See also: beggarly

Type of: defy, impoverish, pauper, refuse, resist

Encyclopedia: Beggar

[British slang]
Noun. Euphemism for 'bugger'.

Examples

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1. poverty had inured the beggar to hardships.
2. he says beggars mustn't be choosers.
3. we met a band of vagrant beggars there.
4. let beggars match with beggars.
5. let beggars match with beggars.