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beggar
[ beg-er ]
noun
- a penniless person.
- a wretched fellow; rogue:
the surly beggar who collects the rents.
- a child or youngster (usually preceded by little ):
a sudden urge to hug the little beggar.
verb (used with object)
- to reduce to utter poverty; impoverish:
The family had been beggared by the war.
- to cause one's resources of or ability for (description, comparison, etc.) to seem poor or inadequate:
The costume beggars description.
beggar
/ ˈɛɡə /
noun
- a person who begs, esp one who lives by begging
- a person who has no money or resources; pauper
- ironic.fellow
lucky beggar!
verb
- to be beyond the resources of (esp in the phrase to beggar description )
- to impoverish; reduce to begging
Derived Forms
- ˈˌǴǻ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- g·Ǵǻ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
Amid the daily storm of sewage and plague of frogs that is Donald Trump's second administration, it’s difficult to say that anything beggars belief.
It is a match made in modern college football hell, a renowned learning institution cast as beggars, a misguided football player portrayed as the chooser, and, yeah, the whole thing stinks to Rocky Top.
A 19th English guide to the Swiss alps wrote that "most of the children are beggars".
"It beggars belief. Their players told the ref not to send me off and their chairman even offered to take a player off to even things up."
"If you have a fire, does the fire have to be a certain temperature? It beggars belief."
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