beggar : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: beggar	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for beggar
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beggar n a pauper who lives by begging Synonym(s): beggar, mendicant v be beyond the resources of; "This beggars description!" reduce to beggary Synonym(s): beggar, pauperize, pauperise
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.