almsman

noun

Definition of almsmannext
as in beggar

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  1. beggar
  2. mendicant
  3. drifter
Noun
  • The beggars, widows, and families with sick relatives who once made a pilgrimage to the gates of the parliament building in the Green Zone to beg lawmakers for help are now barred from entry.
    Ned Parker, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2012
  • All the beggars at the intersection of Lee Road and the off-ramp of I-4 are completely out of hand.
    Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2024
Definition of beggar
Noun
  • In Thank You for Your Servitude, which for my money is the only truly interesting book about the Trump presidency, author Mark Leibovich goes into harrowing detail about how the modern GOP readily turned itself into a gaggle of mendicants to serve Trump on bended knee.
    Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 29 Apr. 2023
  • All these words strike me as vaguely offensive except for mendicant and supplicant.
    Stephen Miller, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2021
Definition of mendicant
Noun
  • Levinson’s twisty, almost noir tone (Dutch angles and murderous drifters abound) makes the litany of sight gags on display twice as funny.
    Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
  • From the beginning, Autumn has always been the most mysterious character — a drifter who showed up in episode one to camp on the west pasture and almost immediately pushed Royal into the hole as an experiment.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 15 May 2024
Definition of drifter
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