The meaning of BEGGAR is someone who begs; especially : a usually unhoused person who lives by asking for money, food, etc.. How to use beggar in a sentence.

/ ˈbeɡ·ər / Add to word list a poor person who lives by asking others for money or food (Definition of beggar from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

To make a beggar of; impoverish. 2. To exceed the limits, resources, or capabilities of: beauty that beggars description. [Middle English, from Old French begart, ultimately from Middle Dutch beggaert, …

If something beggars a person, country, or organization, it makes them very poor. He warned that lifting copyright restrictions could beggar the industry. [VERB noun]

Apr 4, 2026 · beggar (third-person singular simple present beggars, present participle beggaring, simple past and past participle beggared) (transitive) To make a beggar of someone; impoverish.

Definition of beggar noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. a person who lives by asking people for money or food. (British English, informal) used with an adjective to describe somebody in …

Explanation A beggar is a poor person who asks others, or begs, for money or food. Another word for a beggar is a "panhandler," although both terms are vaguely offensive. No one wants to be a beggar. …

beg•gar (beg′ ər), n. a person who begs alms or lives by begging. a penniless person. a wretched fellow; rogue: the surly beggar who collects the rents. a child or youngster (usually prec. by little): a sudden …

To make a beggar of; reduce to beggary; impoverish. To exhaust the resources of; exceed the means or capacity of; outdo. Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, brags of his substance: they are but …

A beggar is a man who is forced, by fate, to remind us of Christ; he is Christ's brother; he is the bell of the Lord, and rings in life for the purpose of awakening our conscience, of stirring up the satiety of …