A beggar. ***a pauper who lives by begging Tolstoy was an aristocrat, but he strove to understand the Christianity of the Russian peasants by wandering among them as a mendicant. à¦­à¦¿à¦à§à¦·à§à¦ beggar, mendicant à¦­à¦¿à¦à¦¾à¦°à¦¿ Lazarus, beggar, mendicant, almsman à¦¦à¦°à¦¿à¦¦à§à¦° beggar, mendicant. a beggar. synonyms: beggar, beggarman, beggarwoman, tramp, vagrant, vagabond, cadger; informalscrounger, sponger; hobo; informal schnorrer, mooch, moocher, bum; rare clochard. Definition of Mendicant an individual who begs for a living Examples of Mendicant in a sentence The mendicant hoped pedestrians would drop money in his bucket. Rather than search for a job, Jimmy chooses to live as a mendicant who panhandles his way through each day. The alcoholic mendicant begged for money to buy booze. As part of my psychology thesis, I dressed like a mendicant to see how people would treat me when I looked like a beggar. We gave money to the mendicant who was begging on the side of the road.