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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 bylittle ).
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
ironicfellow
lucky beggar!
verb
to be beyond the resources of (esp in the phrase to beggar description )
to impoverish; reduce to begging
Other 51Թ Forms
- beggarhood noun
- ˈˌǴǻ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
But still: For the president of the United States to accuse the government of South Africa, in 2025, of conducting a racial genocide is so craven, so shameless, that beggars any rational description.
It beggars the imagination to see the law used as the administration seeks to use it.
He is best known for a simple but profound act of compassion — sharing his cloak with a freezing beggar on a winter’s night.
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.
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