blood-friend
noun
1 Scottish a blood relative.
2(Chiefly in translations, or representations of the language of non-native speakers) a close or trusted friend; a blood brother.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Samuel Rutherford (c1600–1661), Church of Scotland minister and political theorist.
- head of state
- head-on
- head (or cut) someone/thing off at the pass
- head over heels
- head penny
- headphone
- headpiece
- head-place
- head-plate
- headpost
- head pump
- headquarter
- headquarters
- head race
- headrail
- head-reach
- head register
- head rent
- head resistance
- headrest
- head restraint
- headrig
- headright
- head-ring
- head-roll