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# mendicant

noun (mendicant, mendicants); also adjective; old use

«mendicant» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A beggar, someone who lives by asking others for food or money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mendicant/#m1)

### In the lessons

In fairy tales a poor traveller who asks for bread, often a prince or witch in disguise.

### Examples

- An old mendicant knocked at the door and asked for bread. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mendicant/#x1)
- The prince dressed as a mendicant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mendicant/#x2)
- The mendicant wore torn rags. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mendicant/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «mendicant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mendicant/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mendicant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mendicant.html) on Mova free.