The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - beggarn.

1) mendicant, supplicant, suppliant, alms-man, sponger, tramp, vagrant, pauper, Colloq cadger, scrounger, US panhandler: We were approached by beggars on every street corner. 2) fellow, man, person, Colloq chap, guy, bloke: I feel sorry for the poor beggar who lost his wallet at the station. --v. 3) impoverish; want, challenge, defy, baffle: The misery of those people beggars description.