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noun a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
noun the state of being a beggar or mendicant
originEtymology tree English beggar Latin -ia Old French -ieder. Middle English -ie Middle English -y English -y English beggary From beggar + -y.
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