I. -nt noun
( -s )
Etymology: Latin mendicant-, mendicans, present participle of mendicare to beg, from mendicus beggar — more at amend
1. : a person who begs ; especially : one that lives by begging
2. often capitalized : a member of a mendicant order : friar 1a
II. adjective
Etymology: Latin mendicant-, mendicans, present participle
1. : practicing beggary : begging
mendicant friars
2. : characteristic of a mendicant
went about with a mendicant air