Mendicant

Quick meaning: Mendicant is an adjective meaning Depending on alms for a living.

Meaning

Depending on alms for a living.

More Meanings

1. Of or pertaining to a beggar.
2. Of or pertaining to a member of a religious order forbidden to own property, and who must beg for a living.
3. A pauper who lives by begging.
4. A religious friar, forbidden to own personal property, who begs for a living.

Example Sentences

Across Ukraine, the initial shock over the confrontation, which culminated in President Donald Trump summarily dismissing Mr. Zelenskyy from the White House as if he were some ungrateful mendicant, has subsided.

I made £150 by Alton Locke, and never lost a farthing; and I got, not in spite of, but by the rows, a name and a standing with many a one who would never have heard of me otherwise, and I should have been a stercoraceous mendicant if I had hollowed when I got a facer, while I was winning by the cross, though I didn't mean to fight one.

Word Forms

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Synonyms for mendicant

Depending on context, synonyms include beseeching, beggar, friar.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include beggar, beseeching, friar, friars, conductitious, itinerant.

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