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beg·gar
(bĕg′ər)n.
1. One who solicits alms for a living.
2. An impoverished person; a pauper.
3. Informal A man or a boy.
tr.v. beg·gared, beg·gar·ing, beg·gars
1. To make a beggar of; impoverish.
2. To exceed the limits, resources, or capabilities of: beauty that beggars description.
[Middle English, from Old French begart, ultimately from Middle Dutch beggaert, one who rattles off prayers.]
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beggar
(ˈbɛɡə)n
1. a person who begs, esp one who lives by begging
2. a person who has no money or resources; pauper
3. ironic jocular chiefly Brit fellow: lucky beggar!.
vb (tr)
4. to be beyond the resources of (esp in the phrase to beggar description)
5. to impoverish; reduce to begging
ˈbeggarˌhood, ˈbeggardom n
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
beg•gar
(ˈbɛg ər)n.
1. a person who begs alms or lives by begging.
2. a penniless person.
3. a rascal; rogue.
4. a person; fellow.
v.t. 5. to reduce to utter poverty; impoverish.
6. to cause to seem inadequate; exhaust the resources of.
[1175–1225]
beg′gar•hood`, n.
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beggar
Past participle: beggared
Gerund: beggaring
| Imperative |
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| beggar |
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| Noun | 1. |  beggar - a pauper who lives by begging beggarman - a man who is a beggar beggarwoman - a woman who is a beggar panhandler - a beggar who approaches strangers asking for money pauper - a person who is very poor |
| Verb | 1. | beggar - be beyond the resources of; "This beggars description!" |
| 2. |  beggar - reduce to beggary impoverish - make poor |
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beggar
noun
verb
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
beggar
noun1. One who begs habitually or for a living:
Informal: panhandler.
2. An impoverished person:
3. One who humbly entreats:
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Translations
شَحّاد، مُتَسَوِّلمُتَسَوِّليُفْقِر، يَجْعَلُهُ فَقيرا
žebrákožebračit
tiggergøre til tigger
kerjäläinenköyhäköyhdyttääköyhtyäkeppikerjäläinen
prosjakprosjakinjasiromah
kolduskoldusbotra juttat
betlarigera öreiga, setja á hausinn
乞食
거지
ožobráčiť
berač
tiggare
ขอทาน
dilencidilenciye çevirmekfakirleştirmek
người ăn xin
beggar
[ˈbegəʳ]A. N
B. VT
1. (= ruin) → arruinar
2. (fig) (= exceed) → excederse a
it beggars description → es imposible describirlo
it beggars belief → resulta totalmente inverosímil
it beggars description → es imposible describirlo
it beggars belief → resulta totalmente inverosímil
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
beggar
[ˈbɛgər] n → mendiant(e) m/f
vt
(= bankrupt) → ruiner
(= defy) to beggar belief → défier la raison
to beggar description → défier toute descriptionbegging bowl [ˈbɛgɪŋ] n → sébile f
to hold out a begging bowl (mainly British) → tendre la sébilebegging letter [ˈbɛgɪŋ] n (mainly British) → lettre f sollicitant de l'argent
to beggar description → défier toute descriptionbegging bowl [ˈbɛgɪŋ] n → sébile f
to hold out a begging bowl (mainly British) → tendre la sébilebegging letter [ˈbɛgɪŋ] n (mainly British) → lettre f sollicitant de l'argent
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
beggar
n
vt
(= make poor) → an den Bettelstab bringen
(fig) to beggar description → jeder Beschreibung (gen) → spotten; to beggar belief → nicht zu fassen sein
beggar
:beggarman
n (old) → Bettler m, → Bettelmann m (old)
beggar-my-neighbour, beggar-your-neighbour
n (Cards) Kartenspiel, bei dem der gewinnt, der zum Schluss alle Karten hat
beggarwoman
n (old) → Bettlerin f, → Bettelfrau f (old)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
beggar
[ˈbɛgəʳ]Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
beg
(beg) – past tense, past participle begged – verb1. to ask (someone) for (money, food etc). The old man was so poor that he had to beg in the street; He begged (me) for money.
2. to ask (someone) desperately or earnestly. I beg you not to do it.
ˈbeggar noun a person who lives by begging. The beggar asked for money for food.
verb to make very poor. He was beggared by the collapse of his firm.
beggar description to be so great in some way that it cannot be described. Her beauty beggars description.
beg to differ to disagree. You may think that he should get the job but I beg to differ.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
beggar
→ مُتَسَوِّل žebrák tigger Bettler επαίτης mendigo kerjäläinen mendiant prosjak mendicante 乞食 거지 bedelaar tigger żebrak mendigo попрошайка tiggare ขอทาน dilenci người ăn xin 乞丐Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009