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mutual friend

mutual friend noun: someone who is a friend of two or more people, each of whom may not know each other.

Noun

mutual friend (plural mutual friends)

  1. Someone who is a friend of two or more people, each of whom may not know each other.
    • We first met through a mutual friend.

Forms of mutual friend

pluralmutual friends

Questions about mutual friend

What does mutual friend mean?
Mutual friend means someone who is a friend of two or more people, each of whom may not know each other.
What part of speech is mutual friend?
Mutual friend is a noun.
What is the plural of mutual friend?
The plural of mutual friend is mutual friends.

Words near mutual friend in the dictionary

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  4. mutual consenting
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  6. mutual friend
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  8. mutual fund
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  10. mutual inductance
  11. mutual inductances

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