"mutual friend" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mutual friends [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mutual friend (plural mutual friends)
  1. Someone who is a friend of two or more people, each of whom may not know each other. Translations (friend of each of two or more people): yhteinen ystävä (Finnish), yhteinen kaveri (Finnish), ami commun [masculine] (French), amie commune [feminine] (French), gemeinsamer Freund [masculine] (German), amico comune [masculine] (Italian), amica comuna [feminine] (Italian), wspólny przyjaciel [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-mutual_friend-en-noun-T5o5Iutr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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