begging; practicing begging; living on alms.

pertaining to or characteristic of a beggar.

a person who lives by begging; beggar.

a member of any of several orders of friars that originally forbade ownership of property, subsisting mostly on alms.

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almsman , almswoman , cadger , beggar , beggar.--a. begging , friar , monk , panhandler , pauper , vagabond