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beggee

beggee noun: a person who is begged for something; someone approached by a beggar seeking charity.

Noun

beggee (plural beggees)

  1. A person who is begged for something; someone approached by a beggar seeking charity.
    • […] for where the beggar has nothing to gain by asking, the beggee, though he gain nothing by giving, may lose by refusing to give.1891, William Henry Kearley Wright, Ye Brothers Blue, Pleasantries: From the "Blue Box" (page 277)
    • When one is a beggar, it is usually rather difficult to challenge the hegemony of the beggee.2012, Paul Kaplan, Murder Stories: Ideological Narratives in Capital Punishment, page 153

Forms of beggee

pluralbeggees

Origin of beggee

From beg + -ee.

Questions about beggee

What does beggee mean?
Beggee means a person who is begged for something; someone approached by a beggar seeking charity.
What part of speech is beggee?
Beggee is a noun.
What is the plural of beggee?
The plural of beggee is beggees.

Words near beggee in the dictionary

  1. begged for one's life
  2. begged off
  3. begged someone's pardon
  4. begged the question
  5. begged to differ
  6. beggee
  7. beggees
  8. begger
  9. begger off
  10. beggered off
  11. beggering off

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