'Brother', said chippy cooker (5)

I believe the answer is:

friar

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'brother' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.

(Other definitions for friar that I've seen before include "Member of one of the four mendicant orders" , "Monk perhaps" , "..... Tuck was one of Robin Hood's men" , "Mendicant monk" , "Mendicant priest" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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