Etymology

mendiant

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Today it means: A traditional French Christmas confection, a chocolate disc studded with nuts and dried fruits representing the various mendicant monastic orders. Full definition →

French mendiant
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  1. French · borrowed frommendiant
  2. English todaymendiant

From French mendiant.

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