Tom is a mendicant.
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Mendicant
//ˈmɛn.dɪ.kənt//
Synonyms for "mendicant" (117 found)
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Strong matches (35)
Related words (58)
lounge lizardlumpen proletariatmendicant friarmendicant ordermonasticmonkmoochermoochingnecessitousneedynonworkeron reliefout at elbowspalmerpanhandlerparasitepauperpauperizedpetitionarypilgrim
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pillar saintpillaristpoverty strickenpoverty-strickenprayerfulprecativepriorpuritanpuritanicalreligieuxreligiousrentiersrigoristicsabbatariansannyasischnorrerscroungerscroungingself-denyingspivspongerstarvelingstrippedstylitesuppliantsupplicantsupplicatingsupplicatorythe unemployablethe unemployedtramptrappistunderprivilegedunemployedwaldensianwedded to povertyyogiyogin
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2 entriesderived
3 entriesrelated to
10 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
56 translations across 26 languages.
Bengali
1 entries- দরবেশ noun (friar)
Bulgarian
3 entries- просешки adj (of or pertaining to a beggar)
- просещ adj (depending on alms)
- просяк noun (beggar)
Catalan
2 entries- mendicant adj (of or pertaining to a member of a religious order who begs)
- mendicant noun (friar)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 乞丐 noun (beggar)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- tilençi noun (beggar)
Czech
2 entries- žebravý adj (depending on alms)
- žebravý adj (of or pertaining to a member of a religious order who begs)
Dutch
3 entries- bedel adj (depending on alms)
- bedelaar noun (beggar)
- bedelmonnik noun (friar)
Esperanto
2 entries- almozisto noun (beggar)
- almozulo noun (beggar)
Finnish
4 entries- kerjäläis adj (depending on alms)
- kerjäläis adj (of or pertaining to a beggar)
- kerjäläis adj (of or pertaining to a member of a religious order who begs)
- kerjäläinen noun (beggar)
French
1 entries- mendiant adj (depending on alms)
German
3 entries- Bettel adj (depending on alms)
- Bettelmönch noun (friar)
- Bettler noun (beggar)
Hungarian
1 entries- koldus noun (beggar)
Italian
1 entries- mendicante noun (beggar)
Latin
2 entries- mendīcāns adj (depending on alms)
- mendīcus noun (beggar)
Manx
1 entries- braar boght noun (friar)
Navajo
1 entries- adókeedí noun (beggar)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Pracha noun (beggar)
Polish
4 entries- mendykancki adj (of or pertaining to a member of a religious order who begs)
- żebraczy adj (of or pertaining to a beggar)
- żebraczy adj (of or pertaining to a member of a religious order who begs)
- żebrzący adj (depending on alms)
Portuguese
3 entries- mendicante adj (depending on alms)
- mendicante adj (of or pertaining to a member of a religious order who begs)
- mendigo noun (beggar)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਮੰਗਤਾ noun (beggar)
Romanian
2 entries- cerșetoare noun (beggar)
- cerșetor noun (beggar)
Russian
4 entries- нищенский adj (of or pertaining to a beggar)
- нищенствующий adj (depending on alms)
- ни́щий noun (beggar)
- нищенствующий мона́х noun (friar)
Spanish
3 entries- mendicante adj (depending on alms)
- mendicante adj (of or pertaining to a member of a religious order who begs)
- mendigo noun (beggar)
Swahili
1 entries- mwombaji noun (beggar)
Tagalog
1 entries- tanglo noun (beggar)
Ukrainian
2 entries- жебрак noun (beggar)
- прохач noun (beggar)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
I was a mendicant.
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Tom gave three dollars to a mendicant.
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Tom became a mendicant.
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