friar

friar has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• n.. 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.
• n.. A white or pale patch on a printed page.
• n.. An American fish; the silversides.
• n.. a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms