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a person with whom you are acquainted; "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family"

a person you know well and regard with affection and trust; "he was my best friend at the university"

a person with whom you are acquainted; "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family"

a person you know well and regard with affection and trust; "he was my best friend at the university"

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

One not inimical or hostile; one not a foe or enemy; also, one of the same nation, party, kin, etc., whose friendly feelings may be assumed. The word is some times used as a term of friendly address.

One of a religious sect characterized by disuse of outward rites and an ordained ministry, by simplicity of dress and speech, and esp. by opposition to war and a desire to live at peace with all men. They are popularly called Quakers.

A paramour of either sex.

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

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

One not inimical or hostile; one not a foe or enemy; also, one of the same nation, party, kin, etc., whose friendly feelings may be assumed. The word is some times used as a term of friendly address.

One of a religious sect characterized by disuse of outward rites and an ordained ministry, by simplicity of dress and speech, and esp. by opposition to war and a desire to live at peace with all men. They are popularly called Quakers.

A paramour of either sex.

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

The reciprocal interaction of two or more persons.

One attached to another by affection, regard, or esteem; an intimate acquaintance; a supporter or favorer of a cause, etc.; an ally; a salutation or greeting: Friend, a member of the Society of Friends, or Quakers.

One loving or attached to another: an intimate acquaintance: a favorer: one of a society so called.

Person kindly attached to another; favorer.

One who is attached to another by affection; an intimate acqunaintance; a favourer; a term of salutation; a member of the Society of Friends.

To befriend; to favour or countenance. A friend at court, one who has sufficient interest to serve another. The Society of Friends, a community of Christians that originated in England in the middle of the 17th cent., distinguished for their plainness of speech and manners, and their rejection, in dependence on the Spirit alone, of both clergy and sacrament as media of grace.

One attached to another by sentiments of affection, esteem, or respect; one not hostile; an associate.

n. [Anglo-Saxon, German] One who is attached to another by sentiments of esteem, respect, and affection; a well-wisher; an intimate associate;—one not a foe or enemy; one whose friendly feelings may be assumed;—a favourer; a promoter;—a kindly or familiar term of salutation;—one of the religious sect usually called Quakers.

One joined to another in mutual benevolence and intimacy, opposed to foe or enemy; one reconciled to another; a companion; favourer; one propitious; a familiar compellation.