beggarhood
English
Etymology
From Middle English *beggarhode, beggarhede, equivalent to beggar + -hood.
Noun
beggarhood (usually uncountable, plural beggarhoods)
- The condition of being a beggar.
- The class of beggars generally.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for beggarhood in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)