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beggarman

beggarman noun: a male beggar.

Noun

beggarman (plural beggarmen)

  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.”1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […], London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 1886, →OCLC

Forms of beggarman

pluralbeggarmen

Origin of beggarman

From beggar + man.

Questions about beggarman

What does beggarman mean?
Beggarman means a male beggar.
What part of speech is beggarman?
Beggarman is a noun.
What is the plural of beggarman?
The plural of beggarman is beggarmen.

Words near beggarman in the dictionary

  1. beggarlier
  2. beggarliest
  3. beggarlike
  4. beggarliness
  5. beggarly
  6. beggarman
  7. beggarmen
  8. beggars
  9. beggars belief
  10. beggars can't be choosers
  11. beggars description

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