mendicant


UK: /mˈɛndɪkənt/


English Vietnamese dictionary


mendicant /'mendikənt/
  • tính từ
    • ăn xin, ăn mày, hành khất
      • mendicant friar: thầy tu hành khất
  • danh từ
    • kẻ ăn xin, kẻ ăn mày, kẻ hành khất
    • (sử học) thầy tu hành khất

Advanced English dictionary


+ adjective
(formal) (especially of members of religious groups) living by asking people for money and food
mendicant noun

Concise English dictionary


mendicants'mendɪkənt
noun
+a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
+a pauper who lives by begging
adj.
+practicing beggary