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Meaning of friend

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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 cooperation or assistance; "he's a
         good ally in fight" [syn: {ally}, {friend}] [ant: {enemy},
         {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}, {friend}] [ant:
         {alien}, {stranger}, {unknown}]
      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}, {friend}]
      5: a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by
         George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)
         [syn: {Friend}, {Quaker}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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