ALL meanings of friar
fri·ar
F f - noun friar monk 1
- noun friar A member of any of certain religious orders of men, especially the four mendicant orders (Augustinians, Carmelites, Dominicans, and Franciscans). 1
- noun friar Roman Catholic Church. a member of a religious order, especially the mendicant orders of Franciscans, Dominicans, Carmelites, and Augustinians. 1
- noun friar Printing. a blank or light area on a printed page caused by uneven inking of the plate or type. Compare monk (def 3). 1
- noun friar A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars). 0
- noun friar (printing, dated) A white or pale patch on a printed page. 0
- noun friar An American fish, the silverside. 0
- countable noun friar A friar is a member of one of several Catholic religious orders. 0
- noun friar 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) 0
- noun friar a member of any of various mendicant orders, as a Franciscan or Dominican 0