The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mumper \Mump"er\, n. A beggar; a begging impostor.
Deceived by the tales of a Lincoln's Inn mumper.
--Macaulay.
Wiktionary
n. (context British or obsolete English) A beggar.
Usage examples of "mumper".
Inn mumper, a string of pleadings, excuses, and entreaties, as though I were Feversham in person, and was about to order him to instant execution.
He dropped his umbrella and flung his arms three times up into the air and asked her in Romany what her name was, and if she was a mumper or a true Gypsy.
He passed a pair of ragged mumpers, sidestepped an aging doxy, saw the open doorway, and started down the rickety wooden stairs.
Gypsies were entertaining the Prince of Wales, the Jolly Beggars were dining with the Lord Mayor, the Old Mumpers were mingling amicably and gorgeously with the leading members of the Stock Exchange.