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fra·ter (frāt′ər)

noun

Obsolete the eating room, or refectory, in a monastery

Etymology: ME freitour < Anglo-Fr fraitur, aphetic for OFr refreitor, refeitor < ML refectorium

frater2 definition

fra·ter (frät′ər; also frāt′-)

noun

  1. a brother or comrade, esp. as in a fraternity
  2. Obsolete a friar

Etymology: L, lit., brother

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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