beggar
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
beggars
plural
beggars
Britannica Dictionary definition of BEGGAR
[count]
1
:
a person who lives by begging for money, food, etc.
2
British, informal
:
a person who is regarded as lucky, unlucky, lazy, etc.
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I heard you won the contest! You lucky beggar!
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He's a lazy beggar.
beggars can't be choosers
◊ The saying beggars can't be choosers means that people who need something must be satisfied with whatever they get even if it is not exactly what they wanted.
2
beggar
/ˈbɛgɚ/
verb
beggars;
beggared;
beggaring
2
beggar
/ˈbɛgɚ/
verb
beggars;
beggared;
beggaring
Britannica Dictionary definition of BEGGAR
[+ object]
1
formal
:
to make (someone or something) very poor
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Years of civil war had beggared the country.
2
chiefly British
— used in the phrases beggar belief and beggar description to talk about something that is very difficult to believe or describe
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It almost beggars belief [=it is very hard to believe] that anyone can be so cruel.
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a plot so complex that it beggars description
