English dictionary

beggar

/'b/E/g/@/r/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a pauper who lives by begging

noun.person

Synonyms mendicant

Source: WordNet 3.0
One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner.

noun

Source: webster1913

be beyond the resources of

verb.stative

Examples
This beggars description!

Source: WordNet 3.0
reduce to beggary

verb.possession

Synonyms pauperise pauperize

Source: WordNet 3.0
To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had <i>beggared</i> himself.

verb

Source: webster1913