"semifriend" meaning in English

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        "2": "semi",
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      "expansion": "semi- + friend",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From semi- + friend.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "semifriends",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "semifriend (plural semifriends)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1936, George Orwell, Keep the Aspidistra Flying:",
          "text": "The horribly ladylike lady who kept the teashop was a semifriend as well as an employer, and thus could sweat and bully Julia to the tune of 'dearest' and 'darling'.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A friendly acquaintance; a person with whom one has cordial relations but who is not truly a friend"
      ],
      "id": "en-semifriend-en-noun-clbu-Xdd",
      "links": [
        [
          "friendly",
          "friendly"
        ],
        [
          "acquaintance",
          "acquaintance"
        ],
        [
          "cordial",
          "cordial"
        ],
        [
          "friend",
          "friend"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "semifriend"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "semi",
        "3": "friend"
      },
      "expansion": "semi- + friend",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From semi- + friend.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "semifriends",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "semifriend (plural semifriends)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A friendly acquaintance; a person with whom one has cordial relations but who is not truly a friend"
      ],
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        [
          "friendly",
          "friendly"
        ],
        [
          "acquaintance",
          "acquaintance"
        ],
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          "cordial",
          "cordial"
        ],
        [
          "friend",
          "friend"
        ]
      ]
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  "word": "semifriend"
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