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beggary

 
Dictionary: beg·gar·y   (bĕg'ə-rē) pronunciation
n.
  1. Extreme poverty; penury.
  2. The state or condition of being a beggar.
  3. Beggars considered as a group.

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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


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - armod

Nederlands (Dutch)
armoe, bedelarij

Français (French)
n. - mendicité

Deutsch (German)
n. - Armut

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ένδεια, εξαθλίωση

Italiano (Italian)
indigenza

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

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - armod

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

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 극빈, 거지[생활]

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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