mendicant (n.)

  1. a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms

    [ Syn: friar ]

  2. a pauper who lives by begging

    [ Syn: beggar ]

    mendicant (adj.)

  1. practicing beggary; mendicant friars'

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