(Definition of panhandler from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

A panhandler is a person who stops people in the street and asks them for food or money.

Someone who asks people for money in a public place is a panhandler. The term is fairly derogatory, but it's commonly used for those whose mainly support themselves this way.

To approach strangers and beg for money or food. 1. To approach and beg from (a stranger). 2. To obtain by approaching and begging from a stranger: panhandled money. See Synonyms at …

Definition of panhandler noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

panhandler, n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

Informal Terms to approach people passing by on the street and beg (something) from (them): [no object] panhandling on the streets. [~ + object] panhandling the businessmen; panhandled a …