begger1 (1275)
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begger1 (1275)

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[ FEW: 15/i,88b *beggen; Gdf: 1,612a begart 1; GdfC: ∅; TL: 1,900 begart; DEAF:  beguine (begart); DMF:  bégard; TLF:  bégard; OED:  beggar n.; MED:  begger(e n.; DMLBS: 189c Begardus ]
beggare,  beggere  
M.E.

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1beggar, mendicant, one who asks alms: 
( 1376 )  aumoynes [...] donez as tiels fautores mendinantz (l. mendivantz) et beggeres  ii 340
( 1376 )  de les beggers et stafstrikeres  ii 341
2 name (used as a surname): 
( 1275 )  Adam le Beggare  Beggar
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