As nouns the difference between mendicant and lackey
is that mendicant is a pauper who lives by begging while lackey is a footman, a liveried male servant.
As an adjective mendicant
is depending on alms for a living.
As a verb lackey is
to attend, wait upon, serve obsequiously.
mendicant
English
Adjective
(-)
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
(
en noun)
A pauper who lives by begging.
A religious friar, forbidden to own personal property, who begs for a living.
Related terms
* mendicant order
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lackey
English
Alternative forms
* (verb only)
Noun
(
en noun)
A footman, a liveried male servant.
A fawning, servile follower; a lickspittle.
Derived terms
* lackey caterpillar
* lackey moth
Verb
(
en verb)
To attend, wait upon, serve obsequiously
* Milton
- A thousand liveried angels lackey her.
(obsolete) To toady, play the flunky
References
* "lackey."
Online Etymology Dictionary. 2008