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friend
has definitions from the fields of religion,Christianity
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[ noun ] a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
Examples "he was my best friend at the university" Used in print ("Editorials"...)The appointment of U_Thant of Burma as the U.N.'s Acting Secretary_General - at this writing , the choice appears to be certain - offers further proof that in politics it is more important to have no influential enemies than to have influential friends . (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)There is a pause in the merriment as your friends gaze at you , wondering why you are staring , open-mouthed in amazement . One day Maeterlinck , coming with a friend upon an event which he recognized as the exact pattern of a previous dream , detailed the ensuing occurrences in_advance so accurately that his companion was completely mystified . (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)Franklin_D._Lee proved a man of prompt action when Mrs._Claire_Shaefer , accompanied by a friend , visited him in Bakersfield , California , several months ago as a prospective patient . For Mrs._Shaefer - who had been given a clean bill_of_health by her own physician at the time she visited Lee - and her friend were agents for the California_Pure_Food and Drug_Inspection_Bureau . |
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[ noun ] a person with whom you are acquainted
Synonyms Examples "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances" "we are friends of the family" Related terms person schoolmate connection bunkmate campmate homeboy pickup messmate end_man |
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[ noun ] an associate who provides assistance
Synonyms Examples "he's a good ally in fight" "they were friends of the workers" Used in print (Donald J. Plantz, Sweeney Squadron....)Friend or enemy ? Related terms |
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[ noun ] a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
Synonyms Examples "all their supporters came out for the game" "they are friends of the library" |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 1930
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[ noun ] (religion,Christianity) a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)
Synonyms Related terms Protestant Christian Quakeress penn Religious_Society_of_Friends |
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