Sekirov Dictionary

beggar

UK /ˈbɛɡə/US /ˈbɛɡɚ/

noun 5
verb 2
forms 5

noun5

•
A person who begs.
- Odysseus has returned to his home disguised as a beggar. — 1983
•
A person suffering from extreme poverty.
- I'm to be a poor, crawling beggar, sponging for rum, when I might be rolling in a coach! — 1881
•
(informal) A mean or wretched person; a scoundrel.
- What does that silly beggar think he's doing?
•
(UK, informal) A minced oath for bugger.
- Moreover, the pathing tool, which always has the potential to be a fussy little beggar, is especially uncooperative in career mode where there is a lot of bespoke geometry. — 2025
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verb2

To make a beggar of someone; impoverish.
•
(figurative) To exhaust the resources of; to outdo or go beyond.
- `Now,' answered Ayesha, with proud humility - `now when my lord doth speak thus royally and give with so free a hand, it cannot become me to lag behind in words, and be beggared of my generosity.' — 1886

forms

beggared · beggaring · beggareth · beggars · beggarest

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