Associations to the word «Beggar»

Wiktionary

BEGGAR, noun. A person who begs.
BEGGAR, noun. A person suffering from extreme poverty.
BEGGAR, verb. (transitive) To make a beggar of someone; impoverish.
BEGGAR, verb. (transitive) To exhaust the resources of; to outdo.
BEGGAR BELIEF, verb. (intransitive) To appear implausible or unbelievable

Dictionary definition

BEGGAR, noun. A pauper who lives by begging.
BEGGAR, verb. Be beyond the resources of; "This beggars description!".
BEGGAR, verb. Reduce to beggary.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley