compadren.
/kɒmˈpɑːdreɪ/ Chiefly U.S.
Companion, friend. (See also quot. 1939). Also, a term of address.
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the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > friend
friendOE
wineOE
fellowa1225
friendmana1250
lovera1275
amic1330
gossipc1390
mikea1400
ally1406
amykec1450
favourer1483
favourite1590
palc1770
butty1791
amigo1813
amico1820
compadre1834
pally1863
tillicum1869
nigger1884
buddy1895
paxc1900
mutual1901
righto1908
segotia1917
bud1924
palsy1930
palsy-walsy1932
buddy-buddy1943
winger1943
mucker1947
main man1956
goombah1968
gabba1970
money1982
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > [noun] > godparent > fellow
gossipc1386
compadre1939
1834 A. Pike Prose Sketches & Poems 99 Nay, compadre, an American cannot steal.
1850 L. H. Garrard Wah-to-Yah v. 77 I had apprehensions he would lie in wait with his compadres.
1895 M. McClelland St. John's Wooing 136 Tell me, compadre, how many loves have you had!
1939 G. Greene Lawless Roads viii. 202 A compadre meant a fellow god~parent, a spiritual relationship regarded in Mexico as a close one.
1940 G. Greene Power & Glory iii. i. 213 When you get there, father, look up a compadre of mine.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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