n. & v.
--n.
1. a person who begs, esp. one who lives by begging.
2 a poor person.
3 colloq. a person; a fellow (poor beggar).
--v.tr.
1. reduce to poverty.
2 outshine.
3 exhaust the resources of (beggar description).
Phrases and idioms:
beggar-my-neighbour
1. a card-game in which a player seeks to capture an opponent's cards.
2 (attrib.) (esp. of national policy) self-aggrandizing at the expense of competitors. beggars cannot (or must not) be choosers those without other resources must take what is offered.
Etymology: ME f. BEG + -AR(3)