breviger

English

Noun

breviger (plural brevigers)

1. (historical) A licensed begging friar.
   • 1937, Sussex Archaeological Society, Sussex Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities of the County, volume 78, page 40:

     […] in 1383, 45s. given to the brevigers and to the poor and travellers who are more numerous this year propter flandrancie infortunum; […]