| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers | | Division (II) Intersocial Volition | | Section II. Special Intersocial Volition |
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| NOUN: | PETITIONER, solicitor, applicant, suppliant, supplicant, suitor, candidate, claimant, postulant, aspirant, competitor, bidder; place hunter, pothunter, prizer [archaic].
SALESMAN, drummer [U. S.]; bagman [See Consignee]; canvasser.
BEGGAR, mendicant, mumper, sturdy beggar, panhandler [slang], cadger.
HOTEL RUNNER [cant, U. S.], touter [colloq.], runner [cant, U. S.], steerer [U. S.], tout [cant, Eng.]; barker [colloq.].
SYCOPHANT, parasite (servility) [See Servility].
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| QUOTATIONS: | - Homer himself must beg if he wants means.—Burton
- A beggar through the world am I.—Lowell
- His house was known to all the vagrant train.—Goldsmith
- Beggars must be no choosers.—Beaumont and Fletcher
- Of others take a sheaf, of me a grain! Of me a grain!—Anonymous
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