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View usage for: mendicant in British English (ˈmɛndɪkənt) adjective2. (of a member of a religious order) dependent on alms for sustenance mendicant friars 3. characteristic of a beggar noun5. a less common word for beggar Derived forms mendicancy (ˈmendicancy) or mendicity (mɛnˈdɪsɪtɪ) noun Word origin C16: from Latin mendīcāre to beg, from mendīcus beggar, from mendus flaw mendicant in American English (ˈmɛndɪkənt) adjective1. asking for alms; begging 2. of or characteristic of a beggar 3. designating or of any of various religious orders whose members originally held no personal or community property, living mostly on alms noun4. a beggar; person who begs for alms Derived forms mendicancy (ˈmendicancy) noun or menˈdicity (mɛnˈdɪsɪti) Word origin L mendicans (gen. mendicantis), prp. of mendicare, to beg < mendicus, needy: for base see mendacious Examples of 'mendicant' in a sentencemendicant Synonyms of 'mendicant'begging, sponging, scrounging, mooching beggar, tramp, vagrant, bum More Synonyms of mendicant Definition begging mendicant religious orders Synonyms begging sponging (informal) scrounging (informal) mooching (informal) cadging Definition a beggar He had no fear that he would ever become a mendicant. Synonyms tramp hobo (US) derro (Australian, slang) quandong (Australian, slang) Additional synonymsDefinition a tramp A bum, a derelict, is what he looked like. Synonyms vagrant, tramp, derelict, drifter, down-and-out, hobo (US), vagabond, bag lady (US), dosser (British, slang), derro (Australian, slang) Definition a person who is extremely poor Mozart died a pauper. Synonyms down-and-out, have-not, bankrupt, beggar, insolvent, indigent, poor person, mendicantThey are just scroungers. Synonyms parasite, freeloader (slang), sponger (informal), bum (informal), cadger, bludger (Australian, New Zealand, informal), sorner (Scottish), quandong (Australian, slang) - mend
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Additional synonymsDefinition a person who lives off other people by continually taking advantage of their generosity Is he an aggressive sponger or does he have a case? Synonyms scrounger, parasite, leech, hanger-on (informal), cadge (British), freeloader (slang), bloodsucker (informal), bludger (Australian, New Zealand, informal), cadger, quandong (Australian, slang) Definition a homeless person who travels about on foot, living by begging or doing casual work Synonyms vagrant, bum (informal), derelict, drifter, down-and-out, hobo (US), vagabond, bag lady, dosser (British, slang), derro (Australian, slang) Definition a person who travels from place to place and has no fixed home or job He had lived as a vagabond, begging for food. Synonyms vagrant, tramp (old-fashioned), bum (informal), drifter, migrant, rolling stone, wanderer, beggar, outcast, rover, nomad, itinerant, down-and-out, hobo (US), bag lady, wayfarer, dosser (British, slang), knight of the road, person of no fixed address, derro (Australian, slang) Definition a person who moves from place to place and has no regular home or job He lived on the street as a vagrant. Synonyms drifter, tramp (old-fashioned), bum (informal), vagabond, rolling stone, wanderer, beggar, derelict, itinerant, down-and-out, hobo (US), bag lady, dosser (British, slang), pikey (British, slang), bird of passage, person of no fixed address, derro (Australian, slang) |