Meanings
frier1
plural friers
- alternativeAlternative spelling of fryer.
“The Boasts have got such a head-start with chickens, likely they’re planning to eat friers this summer,” said Pa. “It may be she took a few cockerels out of this flock, looking on them as meat.”
1941, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little Town on the Prairie
frier2
plural friers
- obsoleteObsolete form of friar.
Franciscans , of their founders of Embryo's and idiots , eremites and friers
1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC
Frier3
Synonyms & antonyms
nounflesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying
nounA kitchen appliance for deep frying; its size depends on intended use.
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Cite this entry
frier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frier
“frier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frier. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frier,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frier.
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