1. имя существительное 1) нищий; попрошайка Синоним(ы): beggar, cadger 2) [историческое] монах нищенствующего ордена 2. прилагательное нищенствующий, нищий
noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin mendicant-, mendicans, present participle of mendicare to beg, from mendicus beggar — more at amend 1. beggar 1 2. often capitalized a member of a religious order (as the Franciscans) combining monastic life and outside religious activity and originally owning neither personal nor community property; friar • mendicant adjective