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beggar
noun
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How to pronounce beggar:

Definition of beggar:

beggar (noun):
a person who lives by begging
a pauper who lives by begging.
a person who lives by asking for gifts
one that begs (see beg entry 1 sense 1)

Synonyms for beggar:

bag lady
bankrupt
beggarman
beggarwoman
bum
cadger
dependent
derelict
derro
dosser
down-and-out
drifter
hobo
mendicant
miserable
mooch
panhandler
parasite
pauper
sannyasi
sannyasin
sanyasi
scrounger
sponge
starveling
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Antonyms for beggar:

inhabitant
resident
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