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Plural of beggar

regular plural

The plural of beggar is beggars.

Forms of beggar

Singularbeggar /ˈbɛɡɚ/
Pluralbeggars
Countablecountable

Beggars in a sentence

  • It beggars belief to suppose that corporate policies can always pursue the best interests of a company.From the entry beggar belief
  • During the festival, the temple suffices food to the beggars.From the entry suffice
  • The street was full of wretched beggars dressed in rags.From the entry wretched
  • I slept rough with Roma beggars and touted for work with Baltic laborers on the kerb.March 1, 2016, Ben Judah on BBC Business Daily. From the entry tout
  • The only other times you'll be asked for a dash is from beggars.2008, Lizzie Williams, updated by Mark Shenley, Nigeria: The Bradt Travel Guide, published 2012, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 109. From the entry dash

Meaning of beggar

  1. noun A person who begs.
  2. noun A person suffering from extreme poverty.
  3. noun A mean or wretched person; a scoundrel.

Full definition of beggar

Questions about the plural of beggar

What is the plural of beggar?
The plural of beggar is beggars.
Is beggar countable?
Beggar is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: beggar (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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