Synonyms for friend

Grammar : Noun

Spell : frend

Phonetic Transcription : frɛnd

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Définition of friend

Origin : Old English freond "friend," present participle of freogan "to love, to favor," from Proto-Germanic *frijojanan "to love" (cf. Old Norse frændi, Old Frisian friund, Middle High German friunt, German Freund, Gothic frijonds "friend," all alike from present participle forms). Related to Old English freo "free" (see free (adj.)).
Meaning "a Quaker" (a member of the Society of Friends) is from 1670s. Feond ("fiend," originally "enemy") and freond often were paired alliteratively in Old English; both are masculine agent nouns derived from present participle of verbs, but are not directly related to one another (see fiend). Related: Friends.

noun confidant, companion
noun benefactor

Example sentences :

He gazed on the bright landscape, as if it had been the countenance of a friend.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

By degrees the placid influence of her friend calmed her perturbed spirit.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

With an undefined feeling of awe, she looked in the countenance of her friend.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

I want him to think he ain't got a friend on earth but himself.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

He said he was out hunting with a friend, and his friend's gun went off accidentally.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

“Yet mayhap he might do something for thee, friend Ambrose,” added the armourer.
Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge

There was, however, one exception, and that was his friend Windich (native).
Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest

She found a friend in a white lady, who knew her story and helped her on her way.
Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford

"Come to me to-morrow, Caleb," continued my friend, changing the subject.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

Tell me, Jesse, tell your friend, who came into the world to save sinners?
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

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