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noun
- 1. a state of extreme poverty: "they have no benefits to stand between them and beggary"
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Beggary is a noun that means extreme poverty, the class of beggars, or the practice of begging. Learn more about its synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries from Merriam-Webster.
Beggary definition: a state or condition of utter poverty.. See examples of BEGGARY used in a sentence.
Beggary means extreme poverty or need, or the condition of being a beggar. See word frequency, synonyms, pronunciation, examples and word origin of beggary.
Definitions of beggary. noun. the state of being a beggar or mendicant. synonyms: mendicancy, mendicity. see more. noun. a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) synonyms: begging, mendicancy. see more.
Beggary means extreme poverty or the state of being a beggar. Find out the origin, usage, and related words of beggary from various dictionaries and sources.
a poor person who lives by asking others for money or food. UK informal. a person, especially when you are expressing an opinion about something that they have done, or that has happened to them: You've won again, you lucky beggar. Those children have been running about in my rose garden again, the little beggars (= annoying people)!
verb. beggared; beggaring ˈbe-gə-riŋ. transitive verb. 1. : to reduce to poverty or the practice of asking for charity : to reduce to beggary. 2. : to exceed the resources or abilities of : defy. beggars description. so outrageous as to beggar belief. Synonyms. Noun. mendicant. panhandler. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus.
