Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars). · A white or pale patch on a printed page caused by poor inking. · An American fish, the silverside. · Such fish prepared as food.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr Proto-Italic *frātēr Latin frāter Old French frerebor. Middle English frere English friar Inherited from Middle English frere, borrowed from Old French frere, from Latin frāter, from Proto-Italic *frātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Doublet of bhai, brother, bru, frater, pal, and vai.
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