White Friar n 1: a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers [syn: {Carmelite}, {White Friar}]
White friar \White" fri`ar\ (Eccl.) A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order. See {Carmelite}. [1913 Webster]