friar

noun

/ˈfɹaɪə/UK/ˈfɹaɪɚ/US

Etymology

PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr From Middle English frere, from Old French frere, from Latin frāter (“brother”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”). Doublet of bhai, brother, bru, frater, pal, and vai.

derived from *bʰréh₂tēr✻ — “brother”
derived from frāter — “brother”
derived from frere
inherited from frere

Definitions

A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white…
A 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.
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1. A surname.

The neighborhood

Derived

black friar, curtal friar, friarbird, friar bird, friaress, friarhood, friarlike, friarly, Friar Minor, Friar Preacher, friar's balsam, friar's cap, friar's cowl, friarship, friar's omelette, friary, greyfriar, grey friar, grayfriar, gray friar, preaching friar, white friar

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at friar. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at friar. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at friar

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA