beggar
[noun]
Synonyms: tramp, bag lady (chiefly U.S.), bum (informal), down-and-out, pauper, vagrant

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Related Words: deadbeat, freeloader, sponge, sponger, bindle stiff, hobo, tramp

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. beg‧gar¹ /ˈbeɡə $ -ər/ noun [countable]

1. someone who lives by asking people for food and money:
the beggars on the streets

2. lucky/lazy/cheeky etc beggar British English spoken used when speaking to or about someone you like:
‘How’s Dave?’ ‘The lucky beggar’s in the South of France!’

3. beggars can’t be choosers used to say that, when you have no money or no power to choose, you have to accept whatever you are given

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. beggar² verb [transitive]

1. beggar description/belief if something beggars description or belief, it is impossible to describe or believe it:
They showed a lack of common sense that beggars belief.

2. literary to make someone very poor:
Why should he beggar himself for you?

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲