Meanings
nounmendigo (plural mendigos)
plural mendigos
- A beggar.
Sitting complacently upon a broken, fallen column, we beheld an object that filled us with horror—an Indian mendigo, a representation in one, of the ancient Aztec, the pobre Mexicano, and the gentleman of the nineteenth century.
1887, Fanny Chambers Gooch Iglehart, “chapter IX”, in Face to Face with the Mexicans
Origin
- Latinmenda
- Latinmendīcus
- Old Spanishmendigo
- Spanishmendigo
- Englishmendigo
Borrowed from Spanish mendigo.
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APA
mendigo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mendigo
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“mendigo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mendigo. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mendigo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mendigo.
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