beggarhood
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.