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English adjective: mendicant | |||
| 1. | mendicant practicing beggary | ||
| Samples | Mendicant friars. | ||
| Similar | beseeching, imploring, pleading | ||
| Antonyms | imperative | ||
English noun: mendicant | |||
| 1. | mendicant (person) a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms | ||
| Synonyms | friar | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | religious | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Augustinian, Black Friar, Blackfriar, Carmelite, Dominican, Franciscan, friar preacher, Grey Friar, White Friar | ||
| 2. | mendicant (person) a pauper who lives by begging | ||
| Synonyms | beggar | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | pauper | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | beggarman, beggarwoman, cadger, mooch, moocher, panhandler, sannyasi, sannyasin, sanyasi, scrounger | ||
| Instance hyponym | Lazarus | ||
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