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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Friend \Friend\ (fr[e^]nd), n. [OR. frend, freond, AS fre['o]nd, prop. p. pr of fre['o]n, fre['o]gan, to love; akin to D. vriend friend, OS friund friend, friohan to love, OHG. friunt friend, G. freund, Icel. fr[ae]ndi kinsman, Sw fr["a]nde. Goth. frij[=o]nds friend, frij[=o]n to love. [root]83. See {Free}, and cf {Fiend}.] 1. 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. Want gives to know the flatterer from the friend. --Dryden. A friend that sticketh closer than a brother. --Prov. xviii. 24. 2. 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. Friend, how camest thou in hither? --Matt. xxii. 12. 3. One who looks propitiously on a cause an institution, a project, and the like a favorer; a promoter; as a friend to commerce, to poetry, to an institution. 4. 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. America was first visited by Friends in 1656. --T. Chase. 5. A paramour of either sex. [Obs.] --Shak. {A friend} {at court or in court}, one disposed to act as a friend in a place of special opportunity or influence. {To be friends with}, to have friendly relations with ``He's . . . friends with C[ae]sar.'' --Shak. {To make friends with}, to become reconciled to or on friendly terms with ``Having now made friends with the Athenians.'' --Jowett (Thucyd.). From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Friend \Friend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Friended}; p. pr & vb n. {Friending}.] To act as the friend of to favor; to countenance; to befriend. [Obs.] Fortune friends the bold. --Spenser. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: friend n 1: a person you know well and regard with affection and trust; "he was my best friend at the university" 2: an associate who provides assistance; "he's a good ally in fight"; "they were friends of the workers" [syn: {ally}, {confederate}] [ant: {foe}] 3: a person with whom you are acquainted; "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family" [syn: {acquaintance}] 4: 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: {supporter}, {protagonist}, {champion}, {admirer}, {booster}] 5: a member of the Religious Society of Friends [syn: {Quaker}, {Friend}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Friend, KS Zip code(s): 67871 Friend, NE (city, FIPS 17775) Location: 40.65107 N, 97.28405 W Population (1990): 1111 (483 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68359 Friend, OR Zip code(s): 97021 From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: Friend Relationship between classes in the language C++.
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