Meaning of "beggar" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF BEGGAR

beggar  [ˈbɛɡə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BEGGAR

Beggar is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb beggar in English.

WHAT DOES BEGGAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Begging

Begging or panhandling is the practice of imploring others to grant a favor, often a gift of money, with little or no expectation of reciprocation. Beggars may be found in public places such as transport routes, urban parks, and near busy markets. Besides money, they may also ask for food, drink, cigarettes or other small items. Beggar, 1622, by Jacques Callot According to a study in the journal of the Canadian Medical Association, " stated that they would prefer a minimum-wage job, typically citing a desire for a 'steady income' or 'getting off the street.' However, many felt they could not handle conventional jobs because of mental illness, physical disability or lack of skills."...

Definition of beggar in the English dictionary

The first definition of beggar in the dictionary is a person who begs, esp one who lives by begging. Other definition of beggar is a person who has no money or resources; pauper. Beggar is also fellow.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BEGGAR

PRESENT

Present

I beggar

you beggar

he/she/it beggars

we beggar

you beggar

they beggar

Present continuous

I am beggaring

you are beggaring

he/she/it is beggaring

we are beggaring

you are beggaring

they are beggaring

Present perfect

I have beggared

you have beggared

he/she/it has beggared

we have beggared

you have beggared

they have beggared

Present perfect continuous

I have been beggaring

you have been beggaring

he/she/it has been beggaring

we have been beggaring

you have been beggaring

they have been beggaring

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I beggared

you beggared

he/she/it beggared

we beggared

you beggared

they beggared

Past continuous

I was beggaring

you were beggaring

he/she/it was beggaring

we were beggaring

you were beggaring

they were beggaring

Past perfect

I had beggared

you had beggared

he/she/it had beggared

we had beggared

you had beggared

they had beggared

Past perfect continuous

I had been beggaring

you had been beggaring

he/she/it had been beggaring

we had been beggaring

you had been beggaring

they had been beggaring

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will beggar

you will beggar

he/she/it will beggar

we will beggar

you will beggar

they will beggar

Future continuous

I will be beggaring

you will be beggaring

he/she/it will be beggaring

we will be beggaring

you will be beggaring

they will be beggaring

Future perfect

I will have beggared

you will have beggared

he/she/it will have beggared

we will have beggared

you will have beggared

they will have beggared

Future perfect continuous

I will have been beggaring

you will have been beggaring

he/she/it will have been beggaring

we will have been beggaring

you will have been beggaring

they will have been beggaring

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would beggar

you would beggar

he/she/it would beggar

we would beggar

you would beggar

they would beggar

Conditional continuous

I would be beggaring

you would be beggaring

he/she/it would be beggaring

we would be beggaring

you would be beggaring

they would be beggaring

Conditional perfect

I would have beggar

you would have beggar

he/she/it would have beggar

we would have beggar

you would have beggar

they would have beggar

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been beggaring

you would have been beggaring

he/she/it would have been beggaring

we would have been beggaring

you would have been beggaring

they would have been beggaring

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you beggar
we let´s beggar
you beggar

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to beggar

Past participle

beggared

Present Participle

beggaring

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «BEGGAR»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «beggar» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of beggar

baffle · bag lady · bankrupt · bum · cadger · challenge · defeat · defy · derelict · derro · dosser · down-and-out · drifter · elude · foil · frustrate · hobo · mendicant · pauper · quandong · repel · scrounger · sponger · starveling · supplicant · surpass · thwart · tramp · vagabond · vagrant · withstand

TRANSLATION OF BEGGAR

Find out the translation of beggar to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of beggar from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «beggar» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 乞丐
• Translator English - Spanish: mendigo
• English: beggar
• Translator English - Hindi: भिखारी
• Translator English - Arabic: مُتَسَوِّل
• Translator English - Russian: попрошайка
• Translator English - Portuguese: mendigo
• Translator English - Bengali: ভিক্ষুক
• Translator English - French: mendiant
• Translator English - Malay: Pengemis
• Translator English - German: Bettler
• Translator English - Japanese: 乞食
• Translator English - Korean: 거지
• Translator English - Javanese: Beggar
• Translator English - Vietnamese: người ăn xin
• Translator English - Tamil: பிச்சைக்காரன்
• Translator English - Marathi: भिकारी
• Translator English - Turkish: dilenci
• Translator English - Italian: mendicante
• Translator English - Polish: żebrak
• Translator English - Ukrainian: жебрак
• Translator English - Romanian: cerșetor
• Translator English - Greek: επαίτης
• Translator English - Afrikaans: bedelaar
• Translator English - Swedish: tiggare
• Translator English - Norwegian: tigger

10 QUOTES WITH «BEGGAR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word beggar.

1

Saint Ambrose

It is not from your own goods that you give to the beggar; it is a portion of his own that you are restoring to him. The Earth belongs to all. So you are paying back a debt and think you are making a gift to which you are not bound.

2

Margaret Cavendish

Indeed I did not stand as a beggar at the Parliament door, for I never was at the Parliament-House, nor stood I ever at the door as I do know or can remember; not as a petitioner I am sure.

3

Elizabeth I

I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.

4

Jean de La Fontaine

Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.

5

Giovanni Guareschi

When you share your last crust of bread with a beggar, you mustn't behave as if you were throwing a bone to a dog. You must give humbly, and thank him for allowing you to have a part in his hunger.

6

Ben Hecht

I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt.

7

Don Herold

The beggar is the only person in the universe not obliged to study appearance.

8

Mo Ibrahim

Nobody in Africa loves to be a beggar or a recipient of aid. Everywhere I go in Africa, people say, 'When are we going to stand up on our feet?'

9

Rudyard Kipling

He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.

10

Karl Kraus

There are people who can never forgive a beggar for their not having given him anything.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BEGGAR»

Discover the use of beggar in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to beggar and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Beggar Thy Neighbor: A History of Usury and Debt

From the Roman Empire to the most recent financial crisis, this comprehensive economic history examines humanity's attempts to curb the abuse of debt while reaping the benefits of credit.

Charles R. Geisst, 2013

Fat King, Lean Beggar: Representations of Poverty in the Age ...

Carroll begins with a broad survey of both the official images and explanations of poverty and also their unsettling unofficial counterparts.

William C. Carroll, 1996

The Beggar King

After the hangman Jakob Kuisl is framed for his sister's murder, his daughter Magdalena and her paramour, Simon, enlist the help of a network of beggars in order to save him from the noose.

Oliver Pötzsch, 2013

Arrogant Beggar

The novel follows the fortunes of its young Jewish narrator, Adele Lindner, as she leaves the impoverished conditions of New York’s Lower East Side and tries to rise in the world.

Anzia Yezierska, 1996

The Beggar Maid: Stories of Flo and Rose

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE® IN LITERATURE 2013 In this series of interweaving stories, Munro recreates the evolving bond between two women in the course of almost forty years.

Alice Munro, 2011

Picturing Disability: Beggar, Freak, Citizen, and Other ...

In this book, Bogdan and his collaborators gather over 200 historical photographs showing how people with disabilities have been presented over the years.

Robert Bogdan, 2012

About "The Old Cumberland Beggar" - An Essay on William ...

In one of the poems out of his “Lyrical Ballads” dating from 1800, William Wordsworth depicts the life and its meaning of “The Old Cumberland Beggar”.

Arndt Schmidt, 2012

The Dirty Beggar Living in My Head: One Guy's Musings about ...

He's usually silent, sulking in a corner, but sometimes, late at night, he whispers in a hoarse, raspy voice. And nobody wants to hear the stories he tells, stories of evil and wrath and judgment.

Don Everts, 2010

The Beggar and the Professor: A Sixteenth-Century Family Saga

From a wealth of vivid autobiographical writings, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie reconstructs the extraordinary life of Thomas Platter and the lives of his sons.

Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, 1998

I Stood a Beggar Before God

The author shares this invocative story, inspired by missive power that bought reality and fulfillment in his submission to God. Overcoming variable confrontations challenging his innocence, causing rebellion of sexual confusion and abuse.

Victor James, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BEGGAR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term beggar is used in the context of the following news items.

Greater jakarta: City to work with police to tackle beggar rings

The Jakarta administration will cooperate with police to hunt down coordinators of beggars, vagrants and others labeled by the government as ... «Jakarta Post, Jul 15»

Richard Gere talks playing a beggar at Karlovy Vary film festival

Richard Gere has been awarded the Crystal Globe for an outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema at the 50th Karlovy Vary International ... «Reuters, Jul 15»

I had given up on life, says beggar as he starts his first job

I had given up on life, says beggar as he starts his first job. 2015-07-06 08:31. Naledi Shange. News24. Joseph Phukubje begging at a street corner with his CV ... «News24, Jul 15»

A Rabbi Gave a New York City Beggar a Buck. What Happened …

When a rabbi named Aryeh Ben David left Israel to visit New York City, he had no idea that it would be a subway beggar that showed him a ... «IJ Review, Jul 15»

A Rabbi Gave a New York City Beggar a Buck. What the Beggar …

When a rabbi named Aryeh Ben David left Israel to visit New York City, he had no idea that it would be a subway beggar that showed him a ... «IJ Review, Jul 15»

Greeks facing a beggar's crossroads as poll looms

As Greeks go to the polls they find themselves at a beggar's crossroads, one which leads to calamity in every direction. If they see the ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»

White House, beggar and puss

Friends, what a thing! The White House (33) lighting up in the rainbow colours, while persons of interest (2) celebrate. Remember it is the rake ... «Jamaica Observer, Jul 15»

Antisocial beggar who 'publicly urinated and took drugs' banned …

A persistent beggar accused of taking drugs and urinating in front of shocked shoppers and workers on a road in Kensington has been banned ... «getwestlondon, Jul 15»

'Islamic image' helps beggar earn more

In just 25 minutes, the “beggar” earned himself a comfortable RM22. ... Using simple mathematics, if a beggar can collect RM76 in 45 minutes, ... «Free Malaysia Today, Jul 15»

Interview with the beggar who give Rs. 5 to Arvind Kejriwal

FN: The common man is saying that despite being, please don't mind, a beggar, it was a great sacrifice on your part to give away 5 rupees. «Firstpost, Jul 15»