friar

friar is a 5-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 8 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. A white or pale patch on a printed page.
3. noun. An American fish; the silversides.
4. noun. a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms

   Synonyms: mendicant

Synonyms

mendicant

Common word forms

friars, friarly

Words from these letters

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