beggar maid

An unmarried female beggar. "Young Adam Cupid, he that shot so trim, When King Cophetua lov'd the beggar -maid." Shakesp.: Romeo and Juliet, il. L beggar-man, s. A man who is a beggar. "Glo. Is it a beggar-man? Old Man. Madman and beggar too." Shakesp.: King Lear, iv. 1. Beggar-man's Oatmeal : A plant, All i aria officinal is . Beggar's Basket: A local name for a plant, Pulmonaria officinal is .