1. [adjective] Depending on alms for a living.
2. [adjective] Of or pertaining to a beggar.
3. [adjective] Of or pertaining to a member of a religious order forbidden to own property, and who must beg for a living.
4. [noun] A pauper who lives by begging.
5. [noun] A religious friar, forbidden to own personal property, who begs for a living.
6. [noun] A male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms.
7. [adjective] Practicing beggary; 'mendicant friars'.
