<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a person who begs alms or lives by begging.</li><li>a penniless person.</li><li>a wretched fellow; rogue: the surly beggar who collects the rents.</li><li>a child or youngster (usually preceded by little): a sudden urge to hug the little beggar.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to reduce to utter poverty; impoverish: The family had been beggared by the war.</li><li>to cause one's resources of or ability for (description, comparison, etc.) to seem poor or inadequate: The costume beggars description.</li></ul>