Meanings
plural beggees
- A person who is begged for something; someone approached by a beggar seeking charity.
When one is a beggar, it is usually rather difficult to challenge the hegemony of the beggee.
2012, Paul Kaplan, Murder Stories: Ideological Narratives in Capital Punishment, page 1531 more example
[…] for where the beggar has nothing to gain by asking, the beggee, though he gain nothing by giving, may lose by refusing to give.
1891, William Henry Kearley Wright, Ye Brothers Blue, Pleasantries: From the "Blue Box" (page 277)
Origin
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