beggar

beggar
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. suppliant; pauper, mendicant. See poverty, request, populace.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [One who begs]
Syn. mendicant, supplicant, suppliant, lazzarone, cadger, parasite, almsman, lazar, panhandler*, moocher*, touch artist*, bummer*, sponger*, freeloader*; see also tramp 1 .
Ant. prodigal, donor*, giver.
2. [An impoverished person]
Syn. pauper, poor person, indigent, poverty-stricken person, destitute person, bag lady, street person, homeless person, shopping-bag lady, Dependent, derelict, poor relation, ward of the state, bankrupt, starveling, down-and-outer*, bum*.
Ant. financier*, millionaire, landed proprietor.
3. [A rascal]
Syn. scamp, fellow, scoundrel; see rascal .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
panhandler, *moocher, *bum, mendicant, tramp, parasite, *sponger, leech, pauper, derelict, loafer, scamp, fakir. ''The only free man in the universe.''—Charles Lamb.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. One who begs habitually or for a living: almsman, almswoman, cadger, mendicant. Informal: panhandler. Slang: bummer, moocher. See REQUEST. 2. An impoverished person: down-and-out, down-and-outer, have-not, indigent, pauper. See RICH. 3. One who humbly entreats: prayer2, suitor, suppliant, supplicant. See REQUEST.

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