a person whose company and attitudes one finds sympathetic and to whom one is not closely related
a person whose company, interests, and attitudes one finds sympathetic and to whom one is not closely related
Restrain yourself to … genuine and authorised tea-table talk – such as mending fashions, spoiling reputations, railing at absent friends, and so forth — Congreve
an acquaintance
somebody or something not hostile; an ally
somebody or something of the same nation, party, or group
somebody or something that favours or encourages something, e.g. a charity
a friend of the poor
(Friend) a Quaker
friend at court
somebody who can use their influence to help one
make friends
to acquire friends
to become friendly
friendless adj
friendship noun
[Old English frēond]