beggar
English
/ˈbɛɡɚ/, /ˈbɛɡə/
noun
Definitions
- A person who begs.
- A person suffering from extreme poverty.
- (colloquial) A mean or wretched person; a scoundrel.
- (UK) bugger.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English beggere, beggen (beg) suffix from English beg derived from Old French begart derived from Middle Dutch beggaert (mendicant).
Origin
Middle Dutch
beggaert
Gloss
mendicant
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beg English
- begathon English
- beggable English
- beggardom English
- beggaress English
- beggarest English
- beggareth English
- beggarhood English
- beggarism English
- beggarlike English
- beggarliness English
- beggarly English
- beggarman English
- beggarsome English
- beggarware English
- beggarweed English
- beggarwise English
- beggarwoman English
- beggary English
- begger English
- beggest English
- beggeth English
- begging English
- begware English
- cyberbeggar English
- e-beggar English
- kill English
- kill-the-beggar English
- man English
- outbeg English
- scare English
- scare-beggar English
- the English
- unbeggarly English
- weed English
- woman English
- *becgan Old English
- *beggarhode Middle English
- beggen Middle English
- beggere Middle English
- beggestere Middle English
- begart Old French
- beggaert Middle Dutch
- bédgeux Norman
- beg Volapük
- begi Sranan Tongo
- the
- man
- beg
- kill
- weed
- scare
- woman
- begger
- outbeg
- beggary
- begware
- beggest
- begging
- beggeth
- beggarly
- beggable
- e-beggar
- begathon
- beggareth
- beggardom
- beggaress
- beggarest
- beggarman
- beggarism
- beggarware
- beggarweed
- unbeggarly
- beggarwise
- beggarlike
- beggarsome
- beggarhood
- beggarwoman
- cyberbeggar
- beggarliness
- scare-beggar
- kill-the-beggar