English Dictionary

beggar

/ˈbɛɡɚ/

noun

A person who begs. / A person suffering from extreme poverty. / (colloquial, sometimes endearing) A mean or wretched person; a scoundrel. / (UK) A minced oath for bugger.

I saw a beggar on the street corner.

意味（1）

A person who begs.

“[…] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.

意味（2）

A person suffering from extreme poverty.

I'm to be a poor, crawling beggar, sponging for rum, when I might be rolling in a coach!

意味（3）

(colloquial, sometimes endearing) A mean or wretched person; a scoundrel.

What does that silly beggar think he's doing?

意味（4）

(UK) A minced oath for bugger.