- a person who begs alms or lives by begging.
- 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.
- 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.
- a person who begs, esp one who lives by begging
- a person who has no money or resources; pauper
- fellow
- to be beyond the resources of (esp in the phrase to beggar description)
- to impoverish; reduce to begging
