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beggar

Pronunciation: /ˈbɛɡɚ/

The English word “beggar” has 7 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A person who begs.
  2. A person suffering from extreme poverty.
  3. A mean or wretched person; a scoundrel.
  4. A minced oath for bugger.
  5. the last placer in Tycoon

verb

  1. To make a beggar of someone; impoverish.
  2. To exhaust the resources of; to outdo or go beyond.

Etymology

From Middle English beggere, beggare, beggar (“beggar”), from Middle English beggen (“to beg”), equivalent to beg + -ar. Alternative etymology derives Middle English beggere, beggare, beggar from Old French begart, originally a member of the Beghards, a lay brotherhood of mendicants in the Low Countries, from Middle Dutch beggaert (“mendicant”), with pejorative suffix (see -ard); the order is…

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