Word: friars
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: fri
ars
Definition: Plural of friar; a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
Morphemes:
Affix: friar
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: frāter
Language: la
Decoded: frater
Meaning: brother
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.