Definition of Beggarwoman

1. Noun. A woman who is a beggar.

Generic synonyms: Beggar, Mendicant

Definition of Beggarwoman

1. Noun. A female beggar. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beggarwoman

beggarlier
beggarliest
beggarlike
beggarliness
beggarlinesses
beggarly
beggarman
beggarmen
beggars
beggars can't be choosers
beggarticks
beggarware
beggarweed
beggarweeds
beggarwise
beggarwoman (current term)
beggarwomen
beggary
begge
begged
begged off
beggestere
beggesteres
beggiatoaceae
beggiatoales
begging
begging off
begging the question
beggingly
beggingness

Literary usage of Beggarwoman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Deluge: An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. A Sequel to by Henryk Sienkiewicz (1915)
"The guards and the officers received the beggarwoman with insults and jeers at such an envoy, but she answered them straight in the face, — torture, ..."

2. An Account of the Great Floods of August 1829 in the Province of Moray and by Thomas Dick Lauder (1873)
"To return again was impossible, and yet, there the bellman and the blind beggarwoman stood, linked together, with only their head and shoulders above the ..."

3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1862)
"... and the window out of which the forlorn lady, to preserve her diamonds from her husband, threw them down to a beggarwoman, who faithfully conveyed them ..."

4. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"exclaimed the young girl, stupefied at finding the beggarwoman so well informed. "Take this long brass pin," answered the old woman; "and every time you put ..."

5. The Bookman (1897)
"Go home,' she says, pointin' at him wi' her finger, and speakin' as one would to a tinker— ' go home an' marry a beggarwoman, an' maybe she'll teach ye ..."

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