Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: beggar
IPA transcription: [b'ɛɡɚ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: beggar, mendicant
    Meaning: a pauper who lives by begging
Usage examples
  • "The Sturdy Beggar"
  • The beggar shook his head.
  • "What has become of that spiteful little beggar?"
  • He gave them to the beggar, and said, "Here, take my spurs.
  • Who can be got to stand godfather to such a little beggar boy?'
  • I'm to be a poor, crawling beggar, sponging for rum, when I might be rolling in a coach!
  • Four or five of them obeyed at once, two remaining on the road with the formidable beggar.
  • "I think," said the beggar, "I can undertake things more difficult and more important than that."
  • "Singular man!" muttered Gondy, taking his hat to go away; but on turning around he saw the beggar between him and the door.
  • Three men ran together, hand in hand; and I made out, even through the mist, that the middle man of this trio was the blind beggar.