| Front | mendicant \MEN-di-kuhnt\ |
|---|---|
| Back | adjective 1. Living on alms. 2. Like a beggar. noun 1. A beggar. 2. A member of any of various orders of friars forbidden to own property and living on alms. [From Latin mendicare (to beg), from mendicus (beggar), from mendum (defect).] "But Metro, a perennial mendicant with no dependable dedicated, long-term source of capital funding, could hardly afford to scrap or completely rebuild the older cars." - Common Sense at Metro; Washington Post; Sep 30, 2009. |
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