Etymology

friaress

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Today it means: A female friar. Full definition →

Middle English freresse
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromfreresse
  2. English todayfriaress

From Middle English freresse; equivalent to friar + -ess. Piecewise doublet of fratress.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.