beghard

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Definition of beghard in English English dictionary

To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself

One of an association of religious laymen living in imitation of the Beguines

In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean

The quality or state of being beggarly; meanness

in 1650

One who is dependent upon others for support; a contemptuous or sarcastic use

The condition of being a beggar; also, the class of beggars

They arose in the thirteenth century, were afterward subjected to much persecution, and were suppressed by Innocent X

To cause to seem very poor and inadequate

One who makes it his business to ask alms

Called also Beguins

One who assumes in argument what he does not prove

Beggary

Hyphenation

Beg·hard