English Dictionary

mendicant

/ˈmɛn.dɪ.kənt/

noun

A pauper who lives by begging. / A religious friar, forbidden to own personal property, who begs for a living.

The mendicant wandered the streets, asking for alms.

意味（1）

A pauper who lives by begging.

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.

意味（2）

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