A male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A friar is a member of one of the mendicant orders founded in the twelfth or thirteenth century; the term distinguishes the mendicants' itinerant apostolic character, exercised broadly under the jurisdiction of a superior general, from the older monastic orders' allegiance to a single monastery formalized by their vow of stability. Wikipedia

Member of a mendicant religious order in Catholic Christianity Wikidata

A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars). Wiktionary

A religious friar, forbidden to own personal property, who begs for a living. Wiktionary

Friar. Wiktionary (translation)