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[ noun ] a pauper who lives by begging

Synonyms

mendicant

Used in print

(Charles Wharton Stork, "Verner von Heidenstam"...)

`` I scanned the world through printed_symbol swart , And through the beggar 's rags I strove to see The inner man .

2
[ verb ] be beyond the resources of

Examples

"This beggars description!"

Related terms

defy

3
[ verb ] reduce to beggary

Synonyms

pauperise pauperize

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