different between mendicant vs bludger

English

Etymology

From Latin mend?c?ns, present participle of mend?c? (“beg”). Compare French mendiant.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?m?n.d?.k?nt/

Adjective

mendicant (not comparable)

1. Depending on alms for a living.
2. Of or pertaining to a beggar.
3. Of or pertaining to a member of a religious order forbidden to own property, and who must beg for a living.

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Translations

Noun

mendicant (plural mendicants)

1. A pauper who lives by begging.
2. A religious friar, forbidden to own personal property, who begs for a living.

Translations

Related terms

• mendicant order

Latin

Verb

mend?cant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of mend?c?

English

Etymology

Corruption of bludgeoner.

Pronunciation

Noun

bludger (plural bludgers)

1. (Australia, slang) A pimp, a man living off the earnings of a harlot. [From 1856.]
   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter VII, p. 106, [1]

     Oscar pondered for a while, then said, "Oh, but halfcastes don't seem to be any good at all. All the men here are loafers and bludgers, the women practically all whores."
2. (Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) A person who avoids working, or doing their share of work, a loafer, a hanger-on, one who does not pull their weight. [From 1919.]
3. A ball used in the sports of Quidditch and Muggle Quidditch.

Derived terms

• dole bludger

Related terms

• bludge

See also

• freeloader
• free rider

References

Anagrams

• Ludbreg, burgled