curtal friar
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[edit]Noun
[edit]curtal friar (plural curtal friars)
- (archaic, slightly derogatory) A friar with a short gown.
- 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
- Now, sirs, who hath seen our chaplain? where is our curtal Friar?
curtal friar (plural curtal friars)