Meaning of friar | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars).
2. A surname.
3. A member of a usually mendicant Roman Catholic order.
4. A white or pale patch on a printed page caused by poor inking.
   dated
5. a man who is a member of one of the mendicant religious orders founded in the Middle Ages, as the Carmelites, Franciscans, or Dominicans.
6. An American fish, the silverside.
7. (Christian Churches, other) a member of any of various chiefly mendicant religious orders of the Roman Catholic Church, the main orders being Black Friars (Dominicans), Grey Friars (Franciscans), White Friars (Carmelites), and Austin Friars (Augustinians). See also Black Friar, Grey Friar, White Friar, Augustinian
8. Such fish prepared as food.
9. n → Mönch m; Friar John → Bruder John; Black Friars → Dominikaner pl; Grey Friars → Franziskaner pl; White Friars → Karmeliter pl
   n

Equivalents

CEFR level