Mendicant (noun)

A person who lives by begging; a beggar.

Origin:

From latin mendicantem, present participle of mendicare, meaning to beg.

Examples:

1. The mendicants on the street corner held out their hands for money.
2. The mendicant friars relied on the kindness of strangers for their survival.
3. The young boy disguised as a mendicant asked for spare change from the passerby.
4. The mendicant's plea for food was met with indifference by the busy shoppers.
5. The mendicants in the ancient city lived in poverty and begged for their daily sustenance.