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.
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2. (Print.) A white or pale patch on a printed page.
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3. (Zool.) An American fish; the silversides.
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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.
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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.
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Brook silversides (Zool.), a small fresh-water North
American fish ({Labadesthes sicculus) related to the
marine silversides.
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friar
n : a male member of a religious order that originally relied
soley on alms [syn: mendicant]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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