beggar
意味
- こじき
- 貧乏人,貧困者
- 《おもに英話》やつ,野郎
- …を貧困に陥らせる,零落させる
例文
She gave what few coins she had to the beggar.
彼女は少ないながらも持っていた全ての硬貨をそのものもらいに与えました。
The beggar was dizzy with hunger and fatigue.
乞食は空腹と疲労でめまいがした。
If wishes were horses, beggars might ride.
願っただけで望みがかなうなら貧乏人も金持ちになれようが。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English beggere, beggare, beggar (“beggar”), from Middle English beggen (“to beg”), equivalent to beg + -ar. Alternative etymology derives Middle English beggere, beggare, beggar from Old French begart, originally a member of the Beghards, a lay brotherhood of mendicants in the Low Countries, from Middle Dutch beggaert (“mendicant”), with pejorative suffix (see -ard); the order is said to be named after the priest Lambert le Bègue of Liège (French for “Lambert the Stammerer”).