Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Good friend; fair friend: used principally in address.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Good friend; dear friend.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
good ordear friend .
Etymologies
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French bel ami fair friend.
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Examples
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[57] The glossary to the Lancashire dialect informs us, that _'lieve me_ comes from _beleemy_, believe me; from _belamy_, my good friend,
Tales and Novels — Volume 04 Maria Edgeworth 1808
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