- a person who lives by asking people for money or food
- beggars sleeping on the pavement
- (British English, informal) used with an adjective to describe somebody in a particular way
- Aren't you dressed yet, you lazy beggar?
Word OriginMiddle English: from beg + -ar.
Idioms
See beggar in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarybeggars can’t be choosers
- (saying) people say beggars can’t be choosers when there is no choice and somebody must be satisfied with what is availableTopics Preferences and decisionsc2
if wishes were horses, beggars would/might ride
- (saying) wishing for something does not make it happen
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