PANHANDLER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A beggar who approaches strangers asking for money

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("panhandler" is a kind of...):

beggar; mendicant (a pauper who lives by begging)

Derivation:

panhandle (beg by accosting people in the street and asking for money)