Definition of beggar

• n. - One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner.
• n. - One who makes it his business to ask alms.
• n. - One who is dependent upon others for support; -- a contemptuous or sarcastic use.
• n. - One who assumes in argument what he does not prove.
• v. t. - To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself.
• v. t. - To cause to seem very poor and inadequate.
• n. - One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner.
• n. - One who makes it his business to ask alms.
• n. - One who is dependent upon others for support; -- a contemptuous or sarcastic use.
• n. - One who assumes in argument what he does not prove.
• v. t. - To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself.
• v. t. - To cause to seem very poor and inadequate.