beggarhood
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English *beggarhode, beggarhede, equivalent to beggar + -hood.
Noun[edit]
beggarhood (usually uncountable, plural beggarhoods)
- The condition or state of being a beggar.
- Collectively, beggars.
References[edit]
- “beggarhood”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.