almsman

noun

Definition of almsmannext
as in beggar

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  1. beggar
  2. mendicant
  3. drifter
  4. panhandler
  5. urchin
Noun
  • Antinous shocked even the other suitors by insulting and assaulting an elderly beggar; when the beggar revealed himself as Odysseus and slew the suitors, Antinous was the first to die.
    — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 July 2026
  • At the train station, a beggar was sleeping soundly on a bench.
    — Min Jin Lee, New Yorker, 19 July 2026
Definition of beggar
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  • Throughout much of Buddhist history, and particularly in Theravada Buddhist contexts, mindfulness and its associated meditation methods have been the purview of mendicants (monks and nuns), who used mindfulness meditation to achieve trance states (jhana) leading to nirvana.
    — Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026
  • An internationally famous leader who lived a mendicant’s life.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
Definition of mendicant
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  • To pass the night, the actress recounts an older tale of a farming couple who take in a troubled young drifter as a series of grisly murders spreads fear across the frontier.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 22 July 2026
  • Popham, a drifter, small-time criminal, and frequent drug user, lived with the Bunyard family intermittently.
    — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026
Definition of drifter
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  • Some worry about robots replacing human jobs, even panhandlers.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Cops have released photos of a suspect wanted for gunning down a panhandler inside a Manhattan 7-Eleven last week, in hopes someone recognizes him.
    — Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 22 Feb. 2026
Definition of panhandler
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  • The emotional stakes — which also involve a thieving street urchin (Baltasar Espinach) the De la Vegas adopt — are real.
    — Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
  • Tom loves Rhoda’s pairing of sweet potato and urchin, calling it something genuinely new.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 9 June 2026
Definition of urchin
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