See Also: BEGGAR(law)
beggar(2)(dictionary)
beggar(1)(dictionary)
Beggar-thy-neighbor(money)
beggar 2, verb(dictionary)
beggar 1, noun(dictionary)
Beggar's Opera, The(dictionary)
beggar's lice(medicine)
Beggar thy neighbor(finance)
Beggar - Poker(gambling)

beggar(1) (iou)



beggar noun. ME.
[from BEG verb + -AR3.]
A person who begs; esp. a person who lives by begging. ME.
sturdy beggar: see STURDY adjective. valiant beggar: see VALIANT adjective 1.
Proverb: Beggars cannot be choosers.
A person in needy circumstances; a poor person. ME.
Bible (Coverdale): Ecclesiasticus 37:30 Some man..can geve..prudent councell..and contynueth a begger.
A mean or low fellow; joc. a person, a chap. Now also euphem. for BUGGER noun1 3. ME.
E. Langley At last, the poor little beggars did their dialogue to a thunder of well-fed applause. Fortune The plane starts taxiing in from the runway, and look: the beggars are already standing up, ready to jump off.
A person who begs a favour; a suppliant. LME-E17.
A person who begs the question. L16-E19.
Comb.: beggar's purse N. Amer. an appetizer consisting of a crepe stuffed with a savoury filling, orig. caviar and creme fraiche; beggar-ticks (the prickly fruits of) any of several N. American bur-marigolds, esp. Bidens frondosa.
beggarhood noun (people in) the condition of a beggar ME.
beggarism noun (now rare) practice characteristic of a beggar, beggary M17.