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Definition: Panhandler |
PanhandlerNoun1. A beggar who approaches strangers asking for money. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Commonalty | Beggar, gaberlunzie, muckworm, mudlark, sans culotte, raff, tatterdemalion, caitiff, ragamuffin, Pariah, outcast of society, tramp, vagabond, bezonian, panhandler, sundowner, chiffonnier, Cinderella, cinderwench, scrub, jade; gossoon. |
Petitioner | Beggar, mendicant, moocher, panhandler, freeloader, sponger, mumper, sturdy beggar, cadger; hotel runner, runner, steerer, tout, touter. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Panhandler" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Panhandler" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
broadway panhandler | 31 |
panhandler | 19 |
e panhandler | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "panhandler"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | lipsar. (various references) | |
Arabic | متسول (beggar, mendicant, ragamuffin, sponger), شحاذ (beggar). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | просяк (beggar, lazarus, mendicant, pauper). (various references) | |
Czech | poulièní žebrák. (various references) | |
French | mendiant. (various references) | |
German | Bettler (beggar, beggars, lazar, mendicant). (various references) | |
Greek | ζητιάνοσ (beggar), επαίτησ (beggar, mendicant, mumper, prog). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מקבץ "בות. (various references) | |
Hungarian | koldus (beggar, mendicant, mumper, pauper). (various references) | |
Italian | accattone (beggar). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | anhandlerpay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | mendigo (beggar, cadger, mumper, peddlar, tramp, vagrant), enclave entre estados. (various references) | |
Russian | нищий (almsman, beggar, dog poor, lazarus, mendicant, mumper, pauper). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | prosjak (beggar, mendicant, mumper). (various references) | |
Spanish | mendigo (almsman, beggar, mendicant). (various references) | |
Swedish | tiggare (beggar, begger, cadger, moocher, scrounger). (various references) | |
Turkish | dilenci (beggar, bum, cadger, mendicant). (various references) | |
Ukranian | старець (abraham-man, beggar, cadger, elder, mumper), жебрак (abraham-man, beggar, cadger, canter, eleemosynary, lazarus, mendicant, needy, scrounger). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | kẻ xin x, kẻ ăn xin (cadger, mendicant). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "panhandler": panhandlers. (additional references) | |
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"Panhandler" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: penhandle. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "panhandler" (pronounced pa"nha'ndler) |
| 4 | -n d l er | Chandler, handler, landler. |
| 3 | -d l er | medlar, peddler, Riddler, toddler. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-h-l-n-n-p-r" | |
-1 letter: panhandle. | |
-3 letters: adrenal, hanaper, handler, hardpan, planned, planner, preanal, ralphed. | |
-4 letters: anneal, apneal, daphne, darnel, dharna, earlap, handle, harden, harped, herald, lander, lanner, pander, panned, parade, pardah, parled, pedlar, planar, planed, planer, randan, raphae, repand, replan. | |
-5 letters: aahed, ahead, aland, alane, alder, aleph, alpha, anear, annal, apnea, areal, arena, arpen, denar, drape, eland, hadal, haled, haler, hared, heard, henna, laden, lader, lahar, learn, naled, padle, padre, paean, palea, paled, paler, panda, paned, panel, panne, parae, pared, parle, pearl, pedal, penal, penna, plane, plead, plena, ralph, raped, raphe, redan, renal. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-h-l-n-n-p-r" | |
+1 letter: panhandlers. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 61 6E 68 61 6E 64 6C 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .- -. .... .- -. -.. .-.. . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100001 01101110 01101000 01100001 01101110 01100100 01101100 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P a n h a n d l e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0061 006E 0068 0061 006E 0064 006C 0065 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50678074678070787184 |
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