friar

Etymology
From, from , from , ultimately from. .

Noun

 * 1) A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars).
 * 2)  A white or pale patch on a printed page caused by poor inking.
 * 3) An American fish, the silverside.

Synonyms

 * , or father

Translations

 * Armenian:, , , ֆրեր
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese: 男修道士 (nán xiū dào shì)
 * Czech: fráter
 * Esperanto: monaĥo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:, frade
 * Georgian: ლორენცო
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Interlingua:
 * Irish: bráthair, coirneach
 * Italian:
 * Latin:
 * Middle English: frere
 * Occitan:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian: мона́х нищенствующего ордена
 * Scottish Gaelic: manach
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: frayle
 * Volapük: ,

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) one (traditionally a man) who proposes marriage