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fryar

fryar is the obsolete form of friar.

Meaning of friar

Noun

friar (plural friars)

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

See all 5 meanings of friar

Proper noun capitalized: Fryar

Fryar (plural Fryars)

  1. A surname.

Forms of fryar

Noun
pluralfryars
Proper noun
pluralFryars

Questions about fryar

What does fryar mean?
Fryar means a surname.
What is fryar the obsolete form of?
Fryar is the obsolete form of friar.
What part of speech is fryar?
Fryar is a proper noun.

Words near fryar in the dictionary

  1. fry-pans
  2. fry-up
  3. fry-ups
  4. fryability
  5. fryable
  6. fryar
  7. fryars
  8. Fryatt
  9. Fryberg
  10. Fryberger
  11. Frybergers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fryar (page history and authors); Fryar (page history and authors); friar (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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