Grey Friar

Definitions of Grey Friar
  1. noun
    a Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order
    synonyms: Franciscan
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    type of:
    friar, mendicant
    a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
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