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
  • The former is available for streaming on Tubi. 'Cursed' This indie horror movie, about an American drifter whose life takes a supernatural turn in a rural village in Romania, was filmed in the West Bend area.
    Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Though the bones tell the tale of a drifter's death between 2006 to 2008, there are not any more details about when or where Hietamaki was before that.
    Karen Bartunek, The Arizona Republic, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of drifter
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