Friar Minor

Etymology
A calque of, both directly and via and , a name supposedly chosen by  to inculcate humility.

Noun

 * : a member of the Order of the Friars Minor.
 * 1) * c. 1410, "", Travels (Titus C.xvi), p. 188:
 * So þere weren with vs 2|ij worthi men, Frere Menoures
 * 1) * 1952, Beryl Smalley, Study of Bible in Middle Ages, p. 264:
 * The Friars Preacher opened their studium generale at St. Jacques, Paris, in 1229, the Friars Minor theirs in 1231.

Usage notes
The word Minor is now usually treated as a postmodifier, causing the plural ending to be added to Friar. Some speakers have treated the name as a compound of two nouns for the entirety of its use in English, however, using the plural form instead. Early on, others followed Latin and French practice and pluralized both words as Friars Minors, although that form is now obsolete in English.