<b><font size="4">"friend"</font></b><br/><b>noun</b> <ol> <li>a person you know well and regard with affection and trust; "he was my best friend at the university" </li> <li>an associate who provides assistance; "he's a good ally in fight"; "they were friends of the workers" [syn: <a href="../ally.html">ally</a>] [ant: <a href="../foe.html">foe</a>] </li> <li>a person with whom you are acquainted; "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family" [syn: <a href="../acquaintance.html">acquaintance</a>] </li> <li>a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library" [syn: <a href="../supporter.html">supporter</a>, <a href="../protagonist.html">protagonist</a>, <a href="../champion.html">champion</a>, <a href="../admirer.html">admirer</a>, <a href="../booster.html">booster</a>] </li> <li>a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers) [syn: <a href="../Quaker.html">Quaker</a>]</li> </ol> Source: <a href="../friend.html">http://www.word.sc/friend</a>

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