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compadre
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
The compadre (, , , literally "co-father" or "co-parent") relationship between the parents and godparents of a child is an important bond that originates when a child is baptized in Iberian and Latin American families. The abstract noun compadrazgo (Spanish), ...
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n. A friend or companion.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"companion," 1834, American English, from Spanish compadre "godfather," hence "benefactor, friend," from Medieval Latin compater , from com- "with" (see com- ) + pater "father" (see father (n.). Compare compere , also gossip (n.).
Usage examples of compadre.
La causa fue el tributo exigido por los pistoleros de Kelly al empresario de una casa de juego, compadre de Monk Eastman.
I need someone to handle public relations, to deal with some of my compadres who seem to resent dealing with a woman.
It is not well nor right for a padre and a compadre to fight--there is trouble in Heaven over that.
And this Gerado can serve our good compadre here, and the Little Red Peg in the wall keeps tally.
She tried to picture him and Olie as compadres, but couldn't manage it.
We were great friends, Bernal's father and me, and when the boy was born, I said, I will be compadre to him.
Soon he drew my cheek down to his and said: 'Adios, compadre: Bernal is thine now.
My compadre the fray sucked in the troubles of others like the leeches barbers use to suck bad blood from people.