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mendicant

men.di.cant \'men-di-k*nt\ n [L mendicant-, mendicans, prp. of mendicare to 
   beg, fr. me]ndicus beggar - more at AMEND 1: a person who begs; esp : one 
   that lives by begging  often cap  2: a member of a mendicant order : FRIAR  
   - mendicant aj