Beggarman
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A male beggar.
"“Has he nae friends?” said she, in a tearful voice. “That has he so!” cried Alan, “if we could but win to them!—friends and rich friends, beds to lie in, food to eat, doctors to see to him—and here he must tramp in the dubs and sleep in the heather like a beggarman.”"
- 2 a man who is a beggar wordnet
Example
More examples"“Has he nae friends?” said she, in a tearful voice. “That has he so!” cried Alan, “if we could but win to them!—friends and rich friends, beds to lie in, food to eat, doctors to see to him—and here he must tramp in the dubs and sleep in the heather like a beggarman.”"
Etymology
From beggar + man.
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