beggar
IPA: bˈɛgɝ
noun
- A person who begs.
- A person suffering from extreme poverty.
- (colloquial, sometimes endearing) A mean or wretched person; a scoundrel.
- (UK) A minced oath for bugger.
verb
- (transitive) To make a beggar of someone; impoverish.
- (transitive, figurative) To exhaust the resources of; to outdo or go beyond.
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Examples of "beggar" in Sentences
- The beggars returned the favor.
- Beggars wear dirty and old rags.
- The beggar is dirty and slovenly.
- Dogs are most pertinacious beggars.
- The beggar often roves in the park.
- Dominic met the beggar the next day.
- The beggar is wearing a ragged clothes.
- The beggar is in disguise of the prince.
- The beggar thanked the generous monarch.
- The belligerence and uncooperativeness beggars belief.
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