- Extreme poverty; penury.
- The state or condition of being a beggar.
- Beggars considered as a group.
Dictionary:
beg·gar·y (bĕg'ə-rē) ![]() |
| Thesaurus: beggary |
noun
| WordNet: beggary |
The noun has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
Synonyms: begging, mendicancy
Meaning #2:
a state of extreme poverty or destitution
Synonyms: indigence, need, penury, pauperism, pauperization
| Translations: Beggary |
Nederlands (Dutch)
armoe, bedelarij
Français (French)
n. - mendicité
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ένδεια, εξαθλίωση
Português (Portuguese)
n. - miséria (f), mendicância (f), classe (f) dos mendigos, ponto (m) de encontro de mendigos
Русский (Russian)
нищета, нищенство
Español (Spanish)
n. - mendicidad, miseria
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
赤贫, 乞丐生涯
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 赤貧, 乞丐生涯
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 乞食の身分, 貧窮, 乞食仲間, 赤貧
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) بؤس, , فاقه, عوز
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - עוני, דלות
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| mendicancy |
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