Crossword-Solution: BEGGAR
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Beggar | n. | One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner. |
| Beggar | n. | One who makes it his business to ask alms. |
| Beggar | n. | One who is dependent upon others for support; -- a contemptuous or sarcastic use. |
| Beggar | n. | One who assumes in argument what he does not prove. |
| Beggar | v. t. | To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself. |
| Beggar | v. t. | To cause to seem very poor and inadequate. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| BEGGAR | anagram | BAGGER |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with BEGGAR (5)
Then she said, “O Pau-Puk-Keewis, Dance for us your merry dances, Dance the Beggar’s Dance to please us, That the feast may be more joyous, That the time may pass more gayly, And our guests be more contented!” Then the handsome Pau-Puk-Keewis, He the idle Yenadizze, He the merry mischief-maker, Whom the people called the Storm-Fool, Rose among the guests assembled.
And yet his fortune brings him little joy; For blind of seeing, clad in beggar’s weeds, For purple robes, and leaning on his staff, To a strange land he soon shall grope his way.
The commercial millionaire may become a beggar; the illustrious statesman can make a vital mistake and be dropped and forgotten; the illustrious general can lose a decisive battle and with it the consideration of men; but once a prince always a prince—that is to say, an imitation god, and neither hard fortune nor an infamous character nor an addled brain nor the speech of an ass can undeify him.
When he had picked it up he had been an English nobleman, the proud and wealthy possessor of vast estates—a moment later he had read it, and he knew that he was an untitled and penniless beggar.
The beggar begs with it, and the gay courtier Gains land and title, rank and rule, by seeming; The clergy scorn it not, and the bold soldier Will eke with it his service.—All admit it, All practise it; and he who is content With showing what he is, shall have small credit In church, or camp, or state—So wags the world.
Quotes with BEGGAR (3)
Free love? As if love is anything but free! Man has bought brains, but all the millions in the world have failed to buy love. Man has subdued bodies, but all the power on earth has been unable to subdue love. Man has conquered whole nations, but all his armies could not conquer love. Man has chained and fettered the spirit, but he has been utterly helpless before love. High on a throne, with all the splendor and pomp his gold can command, man is yet poor and desolate, if love…
You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve," said Aslan. "And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor on earth. Be content.
Although it is very easy to marry a wife, it is very difficult to support her along with the children and the household. Accordingly, no one notices this faith of Jacob. Indeed, many hate fertility in a wife for the sole reason that the offspring must be supported and brought up. For this is what they commonly say: ‘Why should I marry a wife when I am a pauper and a beggar? I would rather bear the burden of poverty alone and not load myself with misery and want.’ But this bla…
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Appears in: Boston Globe, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 32 times in crossword archives (1949–2024).