Definition of "mendicant" in английский

adjective

1. Depending on alms for a living.

2. Of or pertaining to a beggar.

3. Of or pertaining to a member of a religious order forbidden to own property, and who must beg for a living.

noun

1. A pauper who lives by begging.

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