mendicant vs whaler

mendicant

adj
  • Depending on alms for a living. 

  • Of or pertaining to a beggar. 

  • Of or pertaining to a member of a religious order forbidden to own property, and who must beg for a living. 

noun
  • A pauper who lives by begging. 

  • A religious friar, forbidden to own personal property, who begs for a living. 

whaler

noun
  • One who hunts whales; a person employed in the whaling industry. 

  • A large, strong person. 

  • Any shark of the family Carcharhinidae; a requiem shark. 

  • A seagoing vessel used for hunting whales. 

  • One who whales (flogs or beats). 

  • Something of unusually great size, a whopper, a whacker. 

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