Thesaurus results for PANHANDLER

panhandler

noun

Definition of panhandler next

as in beggar

a person who lives by public begging a panhandler asking for money to buy food

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Recent Examples of panhandler Cops have released photos of a suspect wanted for gunning down a panhandler inside a Manhattan 7-Eleven last week, in hopes someone recognizes him. —

Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 22 Feb. 2026 But in a plea reached in September, Alameda County prosecutors allowed Frederic, an Orlando resident, to plead no contest to a lesser offense of obstructing a public roadway, a misdemeanor count more typically associated with the prosecution of aggressive panhandlers. —

Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2025 Attorneys argued Glendale's rules were overly broad and discriminatorily enforced against impoverished panhandlers, and should have applied equally to high school sports teams holding signs advertising a car wash, or Girl Scouts selling cookies, attorneys said. —

Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 23 Sep. 2025

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beggar

Noun

So disguised as a beggar, Odysseus shows up at his palace, and he is not treated very nicely by the suitors who have camped out in his house.

— Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
Hollywood turned him into a beggar.

— Lili Anolik, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026