mendicantnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈmen.dɪ.kənt/us/ˈmen.dɪ.kənt/formalsomeone, especially a member of a religious group, who lives by asking people they do not know for money
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Homelessness
- bag lady
- be of/have no fixed abode/address idiom
- derelict
- dosser
- down-and-out
- hobo
- homeless
- hostel
- housing benefit
- on the streets idiom
- rootless
- rough
- sleep
- street
- street people
- tramp
- traveller
- vagabond
- vagrant
- waif
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mendicant
adjective ukus