frater

¹ American  

[frey-ter] / ˈfreɪ tər /

noun

1. a brother, as in a religious or fraternal order; comrade.

2. a member of a college or university fraternity.

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frater ² American  

[frey-ter] / ˈfreɪ tər /

noun

Ecclesiastical History Obsolete.

1. the refectory of a religious house.

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frater ¹ British  

/ ˈfreɪtə /

noun

1. a mendicant friar or a lay brother in a monastery or priory

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frater ² British  

/ ˈfreɪtə /

noun

1. archaic a refectory

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Etymology

Origin of frater¹

1555–65; < Latin frāter brother

Origin of frater²

1250–1300; Middle English frater, freitour < Old French fraitur, short for refreitor < Late Latin rēfectōrium refectory

Example Sentences

The club members called themselves "friars" after the Latin word for brother, "frater."

From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 2011

Reluctantly, the Trib shot down the sherif and later sank the frater.

From Time Magazine Archive

He bought it of me to carry on usury with it, as I perceive.—O frater!

From Life of Beethoven by Schindler, Anton

Capta est crux, et rex, et Magister militiæ Templi, et episcopus Liddensis, et frater Regis, et Templarii, et Hospitalarii, et marchio de Montferrat, atque omnes vel mortui vel capti sunt.

From The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple by Addison, Charles G.

Cui frater, genitor, patruus, atque avi Fulgent innumeri stemmate nobiles Pr�claro Imperii, prisca ab origine Digno nomine C�sares.

From Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 10 (of 10) Bronzino to Vasari, & General Index. by Vasari, Giorgio