'Friar' definitions:
Definition of 'friar'
From: WordNet
noun
A male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms [syn: friar, mendicant]
Definition of 'Friar'
From: GCIDE
- Friar \Fri"ar\, n. [OR. frere, F. fr[`e]re brother, friar, fr. L. frater brother. See Brother.]
- 1. (R. C. Ch.) A brother or member of any religious order, but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz: (a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans. {(b) Augustines}. (c) Dominicans or Black Friars. {(d) White Friars or Carmelites.} See these names in the Vocabulary. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Print.) A white or pale patch on a printed page. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Zool.) An American fish; the silversides. [1913 Webster]
- Friar bird (Zool.), an Australian bird ({Tropidorhynchus corniculatus}), having the head destitute of feathers; -- called also coldong, leatherhead, pimlico; {poor soldier}, and four-o'clock. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus.
- Friar's balsam (Med.), a stimulating application for wounds and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin, styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes; compound tincture of benzoin. --Brande & C.
- Friar's cap (Bot.), the monkshood.
- Friar's cowl (Bot.), an arumlike plant (Arisarum vulgare) with a spathe or involucral leaf resembling a cowl.
- Friar's lantern, the ignis fatuus or Will-o'-the-wisp. --Milton.
- Friar skate (Zool.), the European white or sharpnosed skate (Raia alba); -- called also Burton skate, {border ray}, scad, and doctor. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'friar'
From: GCIDE
- Silversides \Sil"ver*sides`\, n. (Zool.) Any one of several species of small fishes of the family Atherinidae, having a silvery stripe along each side of the body. The common species of the American coast ({Menidia notata}) is very abundant. Called also silverside, {sand smelt}, friar, tailor, and tinker. [1913 Webster]
- Brook silversides (Zool.), a small fresh-water North American fish (Labadesthes sicculus) related to the marine silversides. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'friar'
From: Moby Thesaurus
Words containing 'Friar'
- Friarly,
- Black friar,
- Crouched friar,
- Crutched friar,
- Curtal friar,
- Friar Rush,
- Friar bird,
- Friar skate,
- Friar's balsam,
- Friar's cap,
- Friar's cowl,
- Friar's lantern,
- Friars Minor,
- Friars Point,
- Gray Friar,
- Gray Friars,
- Preaching friars,
- White friar,
- austin friar,
- austin friars,
- black friars,
- crossed friar,
- friar preacher,
- friars preachers,
- grey friar,
- preaching friar,
- Friars Point, MS,
- Friars of the Strict Observance,
- friar's-cowl,
- friar's-cowls,
- a Minors Gray Friars or Franciscans,
- c Dominicans or Black Friars,
- d White Friars or Carmelites