mendicant
English Thesaurus
1. a pauper who lives by begging (noun.person)
hypernym | : | pauper, |
definition | : | a person who is very poor (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | beggarman, |
definition | : | a man who is a beggar (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | beggarwoman, |
definition | : | a woman who is a beggar (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | panhandler, |
definition | : | a beggar who approaches strangers asking for money (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | lazarus, |
definition | : | the diseased beggar in Jesus' parable of the rich man and the beggar (noun.person) |
2. a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms (noun.person)
hypernym | : | religious, |
definition | : | a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | carmelite, white friar, |
definition | : | a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | franciscan, grey friar, |
definition | : | a Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | augustinian, |
definition | : | a Roman Catholic friar or monk belonging to one of the Augustinian monastic orders (noun.person) |
3. practicing beggary (adj.all)
4. a pauper who lives by begging (noun.person)
derivation | : | mendicant, |
definition | : | practicing beggary (adj.all) |
derivation | : | beggarly, mean, |
definition | : | marked by poverty befitting a beggar (adj.all) |
5. a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms (noun.person)
derivation | : | mendicant, |
definition | : | practicing beggary (adj.all) |
6. practicing beggary (adj.all)
derivation | : | beggary, begging, mendicancy, |
definition | : | a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) (noun.communication) |
derivation | : | beggar, mendicant, |
definition | : | a pauper who lives by begging (noun.person) |
derivation | : | friar, mendicant, |
definition | : | a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms (noun.person) |
7. a pauper who lives by begging (noun.person)
derivation | : | mendicant, |
definition | : | practicing beggary (adj.all) |
derivation | : | beggarly, mean, |
definition | : | marked by poverty befitting a beggar (adj.all) |
8. a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms (noun.person)
derivation | : | mendicant, |
definition | : | practicing beggary (adj.all) |
9. practicing beggary (adj.all)
derivation | : | beggary, begging, mendicancy, |
definition | : | a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) (noun.communication) |
derivation | : | beggar, mendicant, |
definition | : | a pauper who lives by begging (noun.person) |
derivation | : | friar, mendicant, |
definition | : | a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms (noun.person) |
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