n. 1 mendicant, supplicant, suppliant, alms-man, sponger, tramp, vagrant, pauper, Colloq cadger, scrounger, US panhandler We were approached by beggars on every street corner 2 fellow, man, person, Colloq chap, guy, bloke I feel sorry for the poor beggar who lost his wallet at the station
v. 3 impoverish; want, challenge, defy, baffle The misery of those people beggars description