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capuchin
any agile intelligent New World monkey of the genus Cebus, inhabiting forests in South America, typically having a cowl of thick hair on the top of the head -
monk
(James) Arthur ("Art") born 1957, U.S. football player. -
friar minor
a friar belonging to the branch of the Franciscan order that observes the strict rule of St. Francis. Compare capuchin (def 4), Friar Minor Conventual. -
friar minor conventual
a friar belonging to a branch of the Franciscan order that separated from the Observants in the 15th century, and that observes a modification of the rule of St. Francis. Also called Conventual. Compare Friar Minor, capuchin (def 4). -
carmelite
a member of an order of mendicant friars founded about 1154; White Friar -
frailero
an armchair of the Renaissance, having a leather seat and a leather back stretched between plain wooden members and having a broad front stretcher.