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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Mendicant

Mēn'di-cant, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. mendicans, p. pr. of mendicare, to beg; It. mendicante, Sp. mendigante, Fr. mendiant. See infra.]

  1. Begging; poor.
  2. Practicing beggary; as, a mendicant friar.

Mēn'di-cant, n.

noun

n. One who makes it his business to beg alms; a beggar; especially, one of the begging fraternity of the Roman Catholic church.