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Friend

The English word “Friend” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A Quaker; a member of the Society of Friends. (See also Friends.)
  2. Brand name of a spring-loaded camming device, now used to refer to any such device, often uncapitalized, as friend.

proper noun

  1. An unincorporated community in Terry Township, Finney County, Kansas.

Etymology

English surname, from the noun friend, or adaptations of it in other languages such as German Freund, Dutch Vriend, Slovene Prijatelj.

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