Mendicant

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“Across Ukraine, the initial shock⟳ over the confrontation, which culminated in President Donald Trump summarily dismissing Mr. Zelenskyy from the White House as if he were some ungrateful mendicant, has subsided.”

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