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From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) :   [ devils ]

  BEGGAR, n.  One who has relied on the assistance of his friends.
  
  

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Beggar \Beg"gar\, n. [OE. beggere, fr. beg.]
     1. One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with
        humility; a petitioner.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. One who makes it his business to ask alms.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. One who is dependent upon others for support; -- a
        contemptuous or sarcastic use.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. One who assumes in argument what he does not prove. --Abp.
        Tillotson.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To cause to seem very poor and inadequate.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              It beggared all description.          --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]

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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  beggar
       n : a pauper who lives by begging [syn: mendicant]
       v 1: be beyond the resources of; "This beggars description!"
       2: reduce to beggary [syn: pauperize, pauperise]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  beggar
     Αγγλικά n.
     ο ζητιάνος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  beggar
     n.
     1 A person who begs.
     2 A person suffering from extreme poverty.
     3 (lb en colloquial sometimes affectionate) A mean or wretched
  person; a scoundrel.
     4 (lb en UK) (ngd: A minced oath for) bugger.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To make a beggar of someone; impoverish.
     2 (lb en transitive figurative) To exhaust the resources of; to
  outdo.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  beggar
     n.
     1 A person who begs.
     2 A person suffering from extreme poverty.
     3 (lb en colloquial sometimes affectionate) A mean or wretched
  person; a scoundrel.
     4 (lb en UK) (ngd: A minced oath for) bugger.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To make a beggar of someone; impoverish.
     2 (lb en transitive figurative) To exhaust the resources of; to
  outdo.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  beggar
     n.
     1 A person who begs.
     2 A person suffering from extreme poverty.
     3 (lb en colloquial sometimes affectionate) A mean or wretched
  person; a scoundrel.
     4 (lb en UK) (ngd: A minced oath for) bugger.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To make a beggar of someone; impoverish.
     2 (lb en transitive figurative) To exhaust the resources of; to
  outdo.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  beggar
     n.
     1 A person who begs.
     2 A person suffering from extreme poverty.
     3 (lb en colloquial sometimes affectionate) A mean or wretched
  person; a scoundrel.
     4 (lb en UK) (ngd: A minced oath for) bugger.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To make a beggar of someone; impoverish.
     2 (lb en transitive figurative) To exhaust the resources of; to
  outdo.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  beggar
     Englanti n.
     kerjäläinen
     Englanti vb.
     hakea epätoivoisesti (vertaistaan)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  beggar
     Engelska n.
     tiggare

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  beggar /bˈɛɡə/
  bedelaar

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Beggar /bˈɛɡə/
  الشّحّاذ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  beggar //ˈbɛɡə// //ˈbɛɡɚ// 
  1. бедня́к, бедня́чка, сирома́х, сиромахки́ня
  person suffering poverty
  2. про́сяк, просяки́ня
  person who begs

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  beggar //ˈbɛɡə// //ˈbɛɡɚ// 
  докарвам до просяшка тояга
  to make a beggar of someone

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  beggar /bˈɛɡə/ 
  žebrák

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  beggar /bˈɛɡə/
  Bettler , Bettlerin 
   see: beggars
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  beggar /bˈɛɡə/
   [Br.]  [coll.] Kerl  [ugs.]
           Note: mit Adjektiv
        "You lazy beggar."  - Du fauler Kerl.
           Note: with adjective

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  beggar /bˈɛɡə/
  Bettelmann  [obs.] , Bettler 
   see: beggar
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  beggar /bˈɛɡə/
  Bettelfrau  [obs.] , Bettlerin 
   see: beggar
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  beggar /bˈɛɡə/
  
  ζητιάνος

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  beggar //ˈbɛɡə// //ˈbɛɡɚ// 
  1. keppikerjäläinen, köyhä
  person suffering poverty
  2. kerjäläinen
  person who begs

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  beggar //ˈbɛɡə// //ˈbɛɡɚ// 
  1. köyhdyttää
  to exhaust the resources of
  2. köyhdyttää, köyhtyä
  to make a beggar of someone

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  beggar /begər/
  mendiant

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  beggar /bˈɛɡə/ 
  1. भिखारी
        "One should discourage the beggars."

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  beggar /bˈɛɡə/ 
  1. कंगाल~कर~देना
        "His spendrift habits will soon beggar him."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  beggar /bˈɛɡə/
  prosjak

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  beggar /bˈɛɡə/
  1. szegény ember
  2. pasas
  3. alak
  4. egyén
  5. szegény
  6. koldus

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  beggar //ˈbɛɡə// //ˈbɛɡɚ// 
  pengemis
  person who begs

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  beggar /bˈɛɡə/
  mendicante

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  beggar //ˈbɛɡə// //ˈbɛɡɚ// 
  乞食
  person who begs

From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lat ]

  beggar /begər/
  æruscator

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  beggar /begər/
  1. elgeta
     See also: mendicant
  
  2. paversti elgeta, nuskurdinti
  3. pralenkti

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  beggar /ˈbegə/ 
    żebrak

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  beggar /begər/
  mendigo, pedinte

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  beggar /begər/
  mendigo

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  beggar //ˈbɛɡə// //ˈbɛɡɚ// 
  1. tiggare
  person suffering poverty
  2. tiggare, bettlare, tiggerska, bettlerska
  person who begs

From English-Swahili xFried/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-swh ]

  beggar /bˈɛɡə/ 
  
  mwombaji

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  beggar /bˈɛɡə/
  1. dilenci, meteliksiz kimse
  2. saka çapkın kimse
  3. dilenciye çevirmek, sefalete düşürmek
  4. eksik bırakmak, kifayetsiz olmak. It beggars description Tarif edilemez Tarifinde kelimeler kifayetsiz kalır. beggardom, beggarhood  dilencilik, dilenciler sınıfı. beggarly  dilenciye uygun. beggary  aşırı yoksulluk.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈbɛɡɝ/

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :   [ bouvier ]

  BEGGAR. One who obtains his livelihood by asking alms. The laws of several 
  of the states punish begging as an offence. 
  
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  130 Moby Thesaurus words for "beggar":
     Arab, Bowery bum, almsman, almswoman, asker, baffle, bankrupt,
     beach bum, beachcomber, beggarly fellow, blighter, bloke, bo,
     budmash, bum, bummer, cadger, caitiff, casual, challenge, chap,
     charity case, coupon clippers, deadbeat, defy, derelict, devil,
     dogie, down-and-out, down-and-outer, drifter, drone, drunkard,
     fellow, freeloader, gamin, gamine, good-for-naught,
     good-for-nothing, guttersnipe, guy, hardcase, hobo, homeless waif,
     human wreck, idle rich, idler, impoverish, indigent, landloper,
     lazzarone, leisure class, loafer, losel, lounge lizard, lowlife,
     lumpen proletariat, man, mauvais sujet, mean wretch, mendicant,
     mendicant friar, mendicant order, moocher, mucker, mudlark,
     no-good, nonworker, panhandler, parasite, pauper, pauperize,
     pauvre diable, penniless man, person, petitioner, piker, pilgarlic,
     poor creature, poor devil, poor man, poorling, prayer, ragamuffin,
     ragman, ragpicker, reduce, rentiers, rounder, sad case, sad sack,
     schnorrer, scrounger, ski bum, skid-row bum, spiv, sponge, sponger,
     starveling, stiff, stray, street Arab, street urchin, suitor,
     sundowner, suppliant, supplicant, supplicator, surf bum, swagman,
     swagsman, tatterdemalion, tennis bum, the unemployable,
     the unemployed, tramp, truant, turnpiker, urchin, vag, vagabond,
     vagrant, vaurien, waif, waifs and strays, want, wastrel,
     welfare client, worthless fellow, wretch
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 乞丐;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 乞丐
     vt. 使贫穷,使成乞丐

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