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beggees

beggees is the plural of beggee.

Meaning of beggee

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)

Questions about beggees

What is beggees the plural of?
Beggees is the plural of beggee.

Words near beggees in the dictionary

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

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