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bosom friend

bosom friend noun: a very close friend.

Noun

bosom friend (plural bosom friends)

  1. A very close friend.
    • I could not have believed it! And to propose that she and I should unite to form a musical club! One would fancy we were bosom friends! And Mrs. Weston!1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], Emma: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC
    • But I cared a great deal for the much more formidable person who was behind him, the bosom friend of Moriarty, the man who dropped the rocks over the cliff, the most cunning and dangerous criminal in London.1903 September 26, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Empty House”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., published February 1905, →OCLC

bosom friend meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Vietnamese

bosom friend in Tamil

நெருங்கிய நண்பன், உயிர்த்தோழன், பிராண சினேகன், நண்பர்கள், தோழர்களில் மிகவும் விரும்பப்பட்டவனும், மிக நெருக்கமானவனும்

bosom friend in Malayalam

very close friend
ഉറ്റസുഹൃത്ത് uṟṟasuhr̥ttŭ, ആത്മമിത്രം ātmamitraṁ

bosom friend in Kannada

very close friend
ಆಪ್ತಮಿತ್ರ āptamitra, ಪ್ರಾಣಸ್ನೇಹಿತ prāṇasnēhita

bosom friend in Vietnamese

very close friend
tri kỷ, bạn thân

Synonyms of bosom friend

Forms of bosom friend

pluralbosom friends
alternative formbosomfriend
alternative formbosom-friend

Origin of bosom friend

Compound of bosom + friend. Compare typologically Russian напе́рсник (napérsnik), akin to Proto-Slavic *pьrsь, Russian закады́чный друг (zakadýčnyj drug), akin to кады́к (kadýk)).

Questions about bosom friend

What does bosom friend mean?
Bosom friend means a very close friend.
What is bosom friend in Tamil?
Bosom friend in Tamil is நெருங்கிய நண்பன், உயிர்த்தோழன், பிராண சினேகன். See Bosom friend meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bosom friend?
Bosom friend is a noun.
What is the plural of bosom friend?
The plural of bosom friend is bosom friends.

Words near bosom friend in the dictionary

  1. bosns
  2. Boso
  3. bosom
  4. bosom buddies
  5. bosom buddy
  6. bosom friend
  7. bosom friends
  8. bosome
  9. bosomed
  10. bosomes
  11. bosomier

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