"Friend" meaning in English

See Friend in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: English surname, from the noun friend, or adaptations of it in other languages such as German Freund, Dutch Vriend, Slovene Prijatelj. Etymology templates: {{m|en|friend}} friend, {{cog|de|Freund}} German Freund, {{cog|nl|Vriend}} Dutch Vriend, {{cog|sl|Prijatelj}} Slovene Prijatelj Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Friend
  1. A surname transferred from the common noun.
    Sense id: en-Friend-en-name-znFz0UgC Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 40 13 47

Noun

Forms: Friends [plural]
Etymology: English surname, from the noun friend, or adaptations of it in other languages such as German Freund, Dutch Vriend, Slovene Prijatelj. Etymology templates: {{m|en|friend}} friend, {{cog|de|Freund}} German Freund, {{cog|nl|Vriend}} Dutch Vriend, {{cog|sl|Prijatelj}} Slovene Prijatelj Head templates: {{en-noun}} Friend (plural Friends)
  1. A Quaker; a member of the Society of Friends. (See also Friends.) Categories (topical): Quakerism
    Sense id: en-Friend-en-noun-8VaYa0oJ Disambiguation of Quakerism: 15 54 31 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 40 13 47
  2. (rock-climbing) Brand name of a spring-loaded camming device, now used to refer to any such device, often uncapitalized, as friend. Derived forms: public Friend
    Sense id: en-Friend-en-noun-vK13bMw2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English genericized trademarks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 15 60 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 26 13 61 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 40 13 47 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 26 17 57

Inflected forms

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