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English noun: beggary

1. beggary (communication) a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)


Synonymsbegging, mendicancy


Broader (hypernym)solicitation

2. beggary (state) the state of being a beggar or mendicant


SamplesThey were reduced to mendicancy.


Synonymsmendicancy, mendicity


Broader (hypernym)indigence, need, pauperism, pauperization, penury









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