"fra" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /fɹɑː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fra.wav
Rhymes: -ɑː Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} fra (not comparable)
  1. Archaic form of fro. Tags: alt-of, archaic, not-comparable Alternative form of: fro Categories (topical): Monasticism Related terms: fra diavolo (english: etymologically unrelated)
    Sense id: en-fra-en-adv-dzVj~H1n Disambiguation of Monasticism: 60 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /fɹɑː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fra.wav
Rhymes: -ɑː Etymology: PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr From Italian frate. See friar. Etymology templates: {{PIE word|en|bʰréh₂tēr}} PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr, {{der|en|it|frate}} Italian frate Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} fra
  1. A title of a friar or monk: brother.
    Sense id: en-fra-en-noun-WOsaQCHB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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          "ref": "a. 1883 (date written; first published 1883 January), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “Prologue at Ischia”, in Michael Angelo: A Dramatic Poem, Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], published 1884, →OCLC, part first, page 9:",
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          "ref": "1908, Thomas Hughes, History of the Society of Jesus in North America:",
          "text": "The writer has spoken to his two companions, Fathers Eliseus and Elias, desiring them to go, if only to gather intelligence about those parts; but both are of one mind that the basis of operations, as laid down by Fra Simon, is not substantiated […]",
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          "ref": "2000, Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass:",
          "text": "\"She is in the hands of Mrs. Coulter,\" said Fra Pavel.",
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