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mendicant

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of mendicant

a person who lives by public begging

those wretched mendicants on the streets of Calcutta

Synonyms of mendicant

beggar, panhandler

Words Related to mendicant

bohemian, bum, clochard, drifter, hobo, tramp, vagabond, vagrant

guttersnipe, urchin, waif

miserable, pauper

bludger [chiefly Australian & New Zealand], cadger, hanger-on, leech, moocher, parasite, schnorrer, sponge, sponger

deadbeat, derelict, idler, ne'er-do-well

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