Definition of: beggar

(beg′ər) noun
1. One who asks alms, especially one who makes his living by begging.
2. A person in poor or impoverished circumstances; a pauper.
3. A fellow; rogue: used contemptuously or humorously: a sulky beggar; smart little beggar.
—v.t.
1. To reduce to want; impoverish.
2. To outdo; exhaust the resources of: It beggars analysis. [<OF begard mendicant friar]
—beg′gar·dom, beg′gar·hood noun
—beg′gar·er noun