| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. One who begs habitually or for a living: almsman, almswoman, cadger, mendicant. Informal : panhandler. Slang : bummer, moocher. See REQUEST. 2. An impoverished person: down-and-out, down-and-outer, have-not, indigent, pauper. See RICH. 3. One who humbly entreats: prayer2, suitor, suppliant, supplicant. See REQUEST.
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