BOSOM FRIEND

  

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BOSOM FRIEND

Specialty Definition: BOSOM FRIEND

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Literature

Bosom Friend (A ). A very dear friend. Nathan says, "It lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter." (2 Sam. xii. 3.) Bosom friend, amie du cœur. St. John is represented in the New Testament as the "bosom friend" of Jesus. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms within Context: BOSOM FRIEND

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Friend

Noun: friend, friend of one's bosom; alter ego; best friend, bosom friend, soulmate, fast friend; amicus; usque ad aras; fidus Achates; persona grata.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: BOSOM FRIEND

English words defined with "BOSOM FRIEND": Gremial. (references)
Specialty definitions using "BOSOM FRIEND": AchatesFINN, FlorismartSHIRT. (references)
Etymologies containing "BOSOM FRIEND": Gremial. (references)

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Modern Translation: BOSOM FRIEND

Language Translations for "BOSOM FRIEND"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Dutch

  

De boezemvriend (The bosom friend). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

henkiystävä (close friend). (various references)

   

German

  

Busenfreund. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

επιστήθιοσ φίλοσ. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

testi-lelki jóbarát, kebelbarát (confidant, intimate). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

osombay iendfray

   

Portuguese

  

amigo do peito. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

prieten intim (chum, close friend, one's second self). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

закадычный друг (bosom buddy, bosom-friend, cater cousin, chum, crony, sidekick). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

amigo íntimo (bosom buddy, close friend, intimate, personal friend). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

hjärtevän. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

canciğer dost (alter ego, chum, close friend), can yoldaşı (faithful friend, helpmate, helpmeet, shadow). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: BOSOM FRIEND

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-d-e-f-i-m-n-o-o-r-s"

-3 letters: bedrooms, biformed, bonfires, boredoms, bridoons, bromides, bromines, dominoes, ensiform, fermions, forbodes, frondose, informed, ionomers, moidores, monodies, moonrise, nobodies, ribosome.

-4 letters: bedroom, binders, birdmen, bonders, bonfire, boomers, boomier, boonies, boredom, borides, bosomed, bridoon, bromide, bromids, bromine, bromins, broomed, deforms, deiform, dineros, disrobe, domines, dominos, doormen, dormins, dromons, emodins, erosion, fermion, finders, foodies, forbids.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography


  

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