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Beggar

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mendicantnounOf or pertaining to a member of a religious order forbidden to own property, and who must beg for a living.
pauperizeverb(transitive) To make someone a pauper; to impoverish.

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mendicantnounA religious friar, forbidden to own personal property, who begs for a living.
pauperizeverb(transitive) To make someone a pauper; to impoverish.
homelessnoun(nonstandard, possibly offensive) A person who is homeless.
trampnoun(sometimes derogatory) A homeless person; a vagabond.
hobonoun(Canada, US) Any migratory laborer, whether homeless or not.
straynounAny domestic animal that lacks an enclosure, proper place, or company, but that instead wanders at large or is lost; an estray.
drifternoun(sometimes derogatory) A person who moves from place to place or job to job.
bumnoun(colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A homeless person, usually a man.
paupernounOne who is extremely poor.
panhandlernounOne who panhandles; an urban beggar who typically stands on a street with an outstretched container in hand, begging for loose change or money.
vagabondnounOne who usually wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest livelihood.
vagrantnoun(specifically) A person without settled employment or habitation who usually supports himself or herself by begging or some dishonest means; a tramp, a vagabond.
cadgernoun(sometimes Geordie) A beggar.
supplicantnounone who comes to humbly ask or petition
almsmannoun(obsolete) One who depends on the receipt of alms, a beggar.
moochnounTo beg, cadge, or sponge; to exploit or take advantage of others for personal gain.
scroungernounOne who scrounges.
spongernounA parasitic hanger-on.
ragamuffinnounA dirty, shabbily-clothed child; an urchin.
indigentnounPoor; destitute; in need.

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