beggar

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

beg·gar (bĕgʹər)n.
1. One who solicits alms for a living.
2. An impoverished person; a pauper.
3. Informal. A man or a boy.tr.v. beg·gared, beg·gar·ing, beg·gars
1. To make a beggar of; impoverish.
2. To exceed the limits, resources, or capabilities of:
beauty that beggars description. [Middle English, from Old French begart, ultimately from Middle Dutch beggaert, one who rattles off prayers.]

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  mendicant, pauperize, pauperise