black friar

See also: blackfriar

English

Alternative forms

• blackfriar

Etymology

Named from the black mantles that they wore over white woollen habits.

Noun

black friar (plural black friars)

1. A member of the religious order of the Dominicans.

Translations

a member of the religious order of the Dominicans

• Bulgarian: доминиканец m (dominikanec)
• Manx: braar doo m
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• Portuguese: dominicano (pt) m