English Explanatory Dictionary

greyfriars

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. plural of greyfriar
noun
  1. plural of Greyfriar
name
  1. Synonym of Franciscans: the Order of the Friars Minor.
  2. Any of various other towns and villages in the United Kingdom.
  3. Greyfriars, Oxford.

Word forms

greyfriars

Etymology

As a common British placename, typically derived from having been the site of a Franciscan friary prior to the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

Synonyms

Franciscans
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