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• n  a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
  he was my best friend at the university
• n  an associate who provides cooperation or assistance
• n  a person with whom you are acquainted
  we are friends of the family
• n  a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
  they are friends of the library
• n  a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)

• I and all his many friends around the world miss Steve very much.
• November 13, 2000 Pal Power If friends are the gifts we give ourselves, it's good to be greedy.
• Michael Jackson's family and some of his famous friends pay quiet tribute at the pop star's nighttime funeral.

• ally
• acquaintance
• supporter
• protagonist
• champion
• admirer
• booster
• Friend
• Quaker

• foe
• stranger

News & Articles

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• Friend: James Gandolfini Died of Heart Attack
  Friend says autopsy confirms James Gandolfini died of a heart attack        
  June 21, 2013 - ABC News
• Friend: James Gandolfini died of heart attack - NBC40.net
  ROME (AP) - A friend of "Sopranos" star James Gandolfini says an autopsy has confirmed that the New Jersey native and actor died of a heart attack. Friend Michael Kobold says there was no evidence of foul play or substance abuse.
  June 21, 2013 - NBC40 South Jersey
• Friend: Stricken Gandolfini found by family member
  ROME (AP) — A friend of "Sopranos" star James Gandolfini said Thursday the actor was discovered by a family member in his hotel room in Rome before he was pronounced dead of cardiac arrest at a hospital.
  June 20, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Lindsay Lohan in Sky News
  She wrote: "Didn't we do our nails as a joke with our friend dc? It had nothing to do w/court... it's an airbrush design from a stencil xx"
• Paul Goydos in FOXNews
  Gravity is the best friend I have,Goydos told Jonathan Byrd and Cliff Kresge, his playing partners for the magical round.