different between friar vs sistren

English

Alternative forms

• frier, fryar (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English frere, from Old French frere, from Latin fr?ter (“brother”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?réh?t?r (“brother”). Doublet of frater and brother.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f?a??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f?a??/
• Rhymes: -a??(r)
• Homophones: frier, fryer

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).
2. (printing, dated) A white or pale patch on a printed page.
3. An American fish, the silverside.

Synonyms

• (member of religious order): brother, frater or father

Coordinate terms

• (member of religious order): sister
• (white patch on a printed page): monk

Derived terms

Translations

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From fri (“to ask for (someone's) hand in marriage”) +? -ar.

Noun

friar m (definite singular friaren, indefinite plural friarar, definite plural friarane)

1. one (traditionally a man) who proposes marriage

Related terms

• frieri (“marriage proposal”)

References

• “friar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• firar

Swedish

Verb

friar

1. present tense of fria.

Anagrams

• firar

English

Etymology

See the etymology of the main entry.

Alternative forms

• sistern

Noun

sistren

1. (archaic) plural of sister
   • 1570 March 13. Will of David Tyrry Fitz Edmonde:

     My wyfe to have my dwelling house during her widowhood, that is to say, the hall, the parlor, and the small seller: to my sistren Catheryn and Ellen Tyrry their grinding in my myll during their lives, paying noo toll nor multhe money.

   • 2003 April 16 (airdate). Angel (TV series), episode "The Magic Bullet"

     LORNE: Blessings and moon pies, brethren and sistren!

Usage notes

• This form died out around the sixteenth century. Since then, it has been most often used jocularly together with brethren, as in “brethren and sistren”.

Noun

sistren (plural sistrens)

1. (Rastafari) A close female friend, family member, or comrade.

Coordinate terms

• bredrin

Anagrams

• Inserts, Stiners, Strines, estrins, inserts, sestrin, sinters, sistern

Middle English

Noun

sistren

1. Alternative form of sustren (plural of suster)