[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

friar \fri"ar\, n. or. frere, f. fr`ere 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.
      1913 webster

   2. print. a white or pale patch on a printed page.
      1913 webster

   3. zool. an american fish; the silversides.
      1913 webster

   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.

   friar's cowl bot., an arumlike plant arisarum vulgare
      with a spathe or involucral leaf resembling a cowl.

   friar's lantern, the ignis fatuus or will-o'-the-wisp.
      --milton.

   friar skate zool., the european white or sharpnosed skate
      raia alba; -- called also burton skate, border
      ray, scad, and doctor.
      1913 webster
see also:
brother a minors, gray friars, or franciscans. b augustines c dominicans or black friars. d white friars or carmelites. friar bird 
tropidorhynchus corniculatus coldong leatherhead pimlico poor soldier 
four-o'clock friar's balsam friar's cap friar's cowl arisarum vulgare 
friar's lantern friar skate raia alba burton skate border ray 
scad doctor 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

silversides \sil"versides`\, 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.
   1913 webster

   brook silversides zool., a small fresh-water north
      american fish labadesthes sicculus related to the
      marine silversides.
      1913 webster
see also:
atherinidae menidia notata silverside sand smelt friar tailor 
tinker brook silversides labadesthes sicculus 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

friar
     n : a male member of a religious order that originally relied
         soley on alms syn: mendicant
see also:
mendicant 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

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