·noun A paramour of either sex.
II. Friend ·vt To act as the friend of; to Favor; to Countenance; to Befriend.
III. Friend ·noun 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.
IV. Friend ·noun 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.
V. Friend ·noun 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.
VI. Friend ·noun 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.