beggar vs refugee

beggar

noun
  • A person suffering from extreme poverty. 

  • A mean or wretched person; a scoundrel. 

  • A minced oath for bugger. 

  • A person who begs. 

verb
  • To exhaust the resources of; to outdo. 

  • To make a beggar of someone; impoverish. 

refugee

noun
  • A person seeking refuge due to a natural disaster, war, etc. 

  • A person who flees one place or institution for another. 

  • A person seeking refuge in a foreign country out of fear of political persecution or the prospect of such persecution in their home country, i.e., a person seeking political asylum. 

  • A person formally granted political or economic asylum by a country other than their home country. 

verb
  • To convey (slaves) away from the advance of the federal forces. 

How often have the words beggar and refugee occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )