beggar's

Belonging to destitute

Beggar's is the possessive form of beggar—a person who asks for charity or lives by begging.

It appears in compound phrases: beggar's belief means something is too outrageous to accept, beggar's banquet describes a meager meal, and beggar's can't be choosers reminds that those in need must accept what's offered.

possession

purse

Bag for personal items

  • cupSmall drinking container
  • bowlConcave food container
  • almsGifts to the destitute

rags · staff · crutch · tin · hat · coins · pittance · scraps · crumbs · wallet

condition

plight

Difficult, dangerous situation

desperation · hunger · homelessness · misery · want · need · squalor · wretchedness · indigence · penury

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belief

Trust held as true

banquet · luck · velvet · chicken · lice · purple · cant · bush · rowan · ticks

Opposites
wealth/social status

beggar'sking's

Of a male monarch

queen's · millionaire's · billionaire's · nobleman's · aristocrat's

power/agency

beggar'sking's

Of a male monarch

queen's · emperor's · ruler's · sovereign's · master's

Phrases
Family

beggar, beggars, beggarly, beggary, beggarman

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G