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beggarwoman

beggarwoman noun: a female beggar.

Noun

beggarwoman (plural beggarwomen)

  1. A female beggar.
    • "Have you seen any horse and sledge on the road?" he said to the beggar-woman.1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 112

Forms of beggarwoman

pluralbeggarwomen

Origin of beggarwoman

From beggar + woman.

Questions about beggarwoman

What does beggarwoman mean?
Beggarwoman means a female beggar.
What part of speech is beggarwoman?
Beggarwoman is a noun.
What is the plural of beggarwoman?
The plural of beggarwoman is beggarwomen.

Words near beggarwoman in the dictionary

  1. beggarticks
  2. beggarware
  3. beggarweed
  4. beggarweeds
  5. beggarwise
  6. beggarwoman
  7. beggarwomen
  8. beggary
  9. begge
  10. begged
  11. begged for one's life

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