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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 cooperation or assistance
   - ally
    
3. A person with whom you are acquainted
   "we are friends of the family"
   - acquaintance
    
4. A person who backs a politician or a team etc.
   "they are friends of the library"
   - supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster

1. A member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)
   - Quaker

Derived forms: friends, Friends

See also: friendly, friendship

Type of: advocate, advocator, associate, Christian, exponent, individual, mortal, person, proponent, somebody, someone, soul

Antonym: foe

Part of: Quakers, Religious Society of Friends, Society of Friends

Encyclopedia: Friend, NE Friend, Kansas Friend Friend, Oregon Friend, Or Friend, Nebraska