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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Beggar \Beg"gar\, n. [OE. beggere fr beg.] 1. One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner. 2. One who makes it his business to ask alms. 3. One who is dependent upon others for support; -- a contemptuous or sarcastic use 4. One who assumes in argument what he does not prove. --Abp. Tillotson From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Beggar \Beg"gar\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beggared}; p. pr & vb n. {Beggaring}.] 1. To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as he had beggared himself. --Milton. 2. To cause to seem very poor and inadequate. It beggared all description. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: beggar n : a pauper who lives by begging [syn: {mendicant}] v 1: be beyond the resources of "This beggars description!" 2: reduce to beggary [syn: {pauperize}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: BEGGAR, n. One who has relied on the assistance of his friends.
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