mendicant English

Meaning mendicant meaning

What does mendicant mean?

mendicant

— adjective practicing beggary mendicant friars

— noun (= friar) a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms

— noun (= beggar) a pauper who lives by begging

Synonyms mendicant synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as mendicant?

mendicant English » English

beggar

pauper

panhandler

friar

cadger

almsman

vagabond

suppliant

spanger

prog

mumper

indigent

foreigner

dervish

beggarman

alms-seeking

Topics mendicant topics

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Beg

• What words refer to someone who begs?
  beggar mendicant scrounger parasite panhandler bum