Obs. Also 4 beggestere. [f. BEG v. + -STER: Cf. trickster.] A beggar (fem. and pejorative).

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c. 1386.  Chaucer, Prol., 242. He knew the Tauernes wel in al the toun Bet than a laȝar or a beggestere.

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1549.  Chaloner, Erasm. Moriæ Enc., N j a. Pestryng men every where … not a little to the hyndrance of other begsters.

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