Friend

A surname transferred from the common noun.

Proper noun

  1. A surname transferred from the common noun.
  2. A place in the United States:

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

    2. A minor city in Saline County, Nebraska, named after Charles E. Friend.

    3. A ghost town in Wasco County, Oregon, named after George J. Friend.

Origin

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

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.

Forms

Friends

Derived

public Friend