English Explanatory Dictionary

mendiant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A traditional French Christmas confection, a chocolate disc studded with nuts and dried fruits representing the various mendicant monastic orders.

Word forms

mendiant mendiants

Etymology

From French mendiant.

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