A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars).
The definition of a beggar is a person who asks people for money or gifts to sustain himself, or is a person who is extremely poor.
An idle, disreputable, or shiftless person
A man who is a member of a brotherhood living in a monastery and devoted to a discipline prescribed by his order:
A person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others, especially if they are making little effort to help themselves. Usually used as a pejorative.
requests (related)
Something asked for:
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