"friendmance" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: friendmances [plural]
Etymology: From friend + -mance. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|friend|mance|id2=fandom}} friend + -mance Head templates: {{en-noun}} friendmance (plural friendmances)
  1. (Dragon Age fandom slang) A romance with a character with whom the player has a friendly relationship in Dragon Age II. Categories (topical): Dragon Age, Romance fiction, Video games
    Sense id: en-friendmance-en-noun-Y0z4y8vg Disambiguation of Dragon Age: 47 53 Disambiguation of Romance fiction: 48 52 Disambiguation of Video games: 47 53 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -mance (fandom), Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -mance (fandom): 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53

Verb

Forms: friendmances [present, singular, third-person], friendmancing [participle, present], friendmanced [participle, past], friendmanced [past]
Etymology: From friend + -mance. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|friend|mance|id2=fandom}} friend + -mance Head templates: {{en-verb}} friendmance (third-person singular simple present friendmances, present participle friendmancing, simple past and past participle friendmanced)
  1. (Dragon Age fandom slang) To romance a character in this manner in Dragon Age II. Categories (topical): Dragon Age, Romance fiction, Video games
    Sense id: en-friendmance-en-verb-n7-l1tg3 Disambiguation of Dragon Age: 47 53 Disambiguation of Romance fiction: 48 52 Disambiguation of Video games: 47 53 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -mance (fandom), Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -mance (fandom): 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53
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          "text": "Fenris friendmance (especially with a mage Hawke) for heals and feels.",
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