Meaning

2 senses

  1. A pauper who lives by begging.

    Bettler

    ни́щийníščij, попроша́йкаpoprošájka

    жебракžebrak, прохачproxač

    a pauper who lives by begging

  2. A religious friar, forbidden to own personal property, who begs for a living.

    Bettelmönch

    нищенствующий мона́хniščenstvujuščij monáx

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Tom gave three dollars to a mendicant.

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  2. Tom is a mendicant.

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  3. I was a mendicant.

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  4. Tom became a mendicant.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
beggar:
Русский
By meaning 2
beggar:
friar:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
beggar:
friar:

Origin

From Middle English mendicant, from Latin mendīcāns, present participle of mendīcō (“beg”)

From Middle English mendicant, from Latin mendīcāns, present participle of mendīcō (“beg”). Compare French mendiant.

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Forms

plural: mendicants
Singularmendicant
Pluralmendicants

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a pauper who lives by begging:beggar
  • a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms:friar

Word family

1 related words
Derivedmendicancy

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
menageriemendB1mendaciousmeningitismenopausemensch

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