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friend

(fr/E/nd )

a person you know well and regard with affection and trust(noun.person)

Example:
He was my best friend at the university.

source: wordnet30
an associate who provides cooperation or assistance(noun.person)

Synonym:
ally
Antonym:
enemy, foe

source: wordnet30
a person with whom you are acquainted(noun.person)

Example:
We are friends of the family.

Synonym:
acquaintance
Antonym:
stranger

source: wordnet30
a person who backs a politician or a team etc.(noun.person)

Example:
They are friends of the library.

Synonym:
admirer, booster, champion, protagonist, supporter

source: wordnet30
a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)(noun.person)

Synonym:
quaker

source: wordnet30
One who entertains for another such sentiments of esteem, respect, and affection that he seeks his society and welfare; a wellwisher; an intimate associate; sometimes, an attendant.(noun)

source: webster1913

To act as the friend of; to favor; to countenance; to befriend.(verb)

source: webster1913

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