beggar

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

beg·gar [beggar beggars] noun, verb BrE [ˈbeɡə(r)] NAmE [ˈbeɡər]
noun
1. a person who lives by asking people for money or food
•beggars sleeping on the pavement
2. (BrE, informal)used with an adjective to describe sb in a particular way
•Aren't you dressed yet, you lazy beggar?
more at if wishes were horses, beggars would/might ride at ↑wish _n.

Word Origin:
Middle English: from ↑beg + -ar.

Thesaurus:
beggar noun C (often disapproving)
•beggars sleeping in doorways
tramp • |especially AmE drifter • |especially AmE, informal bum • |especially BrE, informal scrounger • |formal law vagrant •
Which word? All these words are disapproving. Neutral terms are homeless person/man/woman and the homeless pl.
•the plight of the homeless in the city
Idioms: ↑beggar belief ▪ ↑beggars can't be choosers
 
verb ~ sb/sth/yourself
to make sb/sth very poor
•Why should I beggar myself for you?
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English: from ↑beg + -ar.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  mendicant, pauperize, pauperise