Dictionary Entry
beggar
beggar is a 6-letter English word with 9 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner.
- 2noun
One who makes it his business to ask alms.
- 3noun
One who is dependent upon others for support; -- a contemptuous or sarcastic use.
- 4noun
One who assumes in argument what he does not prove.
- 5transitive verb
To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself.
- 6transitive verb
To cause to seem very poor and inadequate.
- 7noun
a pauper who lives by begging
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- 8verb
reduce to beggary
- 9verb
be beyond the resources of
"This beggars description!"
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