 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
friar
noun: a male member of a religious order that originally relied
soley on alms [syn: {mendicant}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Friar \Fri"ar\, noun [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.
2. (Print.) A white or pale patch on a printed page.
3. (Zo["o]l.) An American fish; the silversides.
{Friar bird} (Zo["o]l.), 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} (Zo["o]l.), the European white or sharpnosed
skate ({Raia alba}); -- called also {Burton skate},
{border ray}, {scad}, and {doctor}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Silversides \Sil"ver*sides'\, noun (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of small fishes of the family
{Atherinid[ae]}, 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}.
{Brook silversides} (Zo["o]l.), a small fresh-water North
American fish ({Labadesthes sicculus}) related to the
marine silversides.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "friar":
abbacomes, abbot, ascetic, beadsman, brother, caloyer, celibate,
cenobite, conventual, conventual prior, grand prior, hermit,
hieromonach, lay abbot, lay brother, mendicant, monastic, monk,
palmer, pilgrim, pillar saint, pillarist, prior, religieux,
religious, stylite
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