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next friends

next friends is the plural of next friend.

Meaning of next friend

Noun

next friend (plural next friends)

  1. A person who represents another person who is under disability or otherwise unable to maintain a suit on their own behalf, and who does not have a legal guardian.
    • Then leave-taking was not long about; and Miss Twinkleton, in saluting each young lady’s cheek, confided to her an exceedingly neat letter, addressed to her next friend at law, “with Miss Twinkleton’s best compliments” in the corner.1870 April–September, Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1870, →OCLC

Questions about next friends

What is next friends the plural of?
Next friends is the plural of next friend.

Words near next friends in the dictionary

  1. next big thing
  2. next big things
  3. next door
  4. Next Eleven
  5. next friend
  6. next friends
  7. next generation
  8. next generation networking
  9. next generations
  10. next level
  11. next levels

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