ˈbɛɡɚ ˈbɛɡə ˈfɹaɪɚ ˈfɹaɪə ˈmɛn.dɪ.kənt ˈmɛn.dɪ.kənt practicing beggary mendicant friars a pauper who lives by begging a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms