† begstern.
Obsolete.
A beggar (feminine and pejorative).
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the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > beggar > female
beggild?c1225
begenild1393
begsterc1405
beggar-woman1530
beggar-maid1599
beggar-brach1652
c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 242 He knew the tauernes wel in euery town..Bet than a lazer or a beggestere.
1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Nj Pestryng men every where..not a little to the hyndrance of other begsters.
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