Definition of Friend

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Friend

One who entertains for another such sentiments of esteem, respect, and affection that he seeks his society aud welfare; a wellwisher; an intimate associate; sometimes, an attendant.

One not inimical or hostile; one not a foe or enemy; also, one of the same nation, party, kin, etc., whose friendly feelings may be assumed. The word is some times used as a term of friendly address.

One who looks propitiously on a cause, an institution, a project, and the like; a favorer; a promoter; as, a friend to commerce, to poetry, to an institution.

One of a religious sect characterized by disuse of outward rites and an ordained ministry, by simplicity of dress and speech, and esp. by opposition to war and a desire to live at peace with all men. They are popularly called Quakers.

A paramour of either sex.

To act as the friend of; to favor; to countenance; to befriend.

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Friend Quotations

If you go looking for a friend, you're going to find they're very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere.
Zig Ziglar

I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive.
Thomas Jefferson

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
Thomas Jefferson

An injured friend is the bitterest of foes.
Thomas Jefferson

Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.
Dalai Lama

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
Buddha

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.
Mother Teresa

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.
Abraham Lincoln

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.
Abraham Lincoln

Friend Translations

friend in Afrikaans is vriend, vriendin
friend in Danish is veninde, ven
friend in Dutch is vriendin
friend in French is amie, ami
friend in German is Freundin, Bekannte, Bekannter, Freund, Freund
friend in Italian is camerata, amica, conoscente, amico
friend in Latin is amicus, comes comitis
friend in Norwegian is venn, venninne, venn
friend in Portuguese is amiga, amigo
friend in Spanish is camarada, amigo, amiga

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