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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

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

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Beggar \Beg"gar\, n. [OE. beggere, fr. beg.]
   1. One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with
      humility; a petitioner.
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   2. One who makes it his business to ask alms.
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   3. One who is dependent upon others for support; -- a
      contemptuous or sarcastic use.
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   4. One who assumes in argument what he does not prove. --Abp.
      Tillotson.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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   2. To cause to seem very poor and inadequate.
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            It beggared all description.          --Shak.
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4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

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

5. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)

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

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