Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A friend.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A friend: used specifically, in the Philippine Islands, for a native who is not hostile to the United States.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A friend; -- a Spanish term applied in the Philippine Islands to friendly natives.

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  • noun casual term friend
  • noun casual term, mainly California, informal Mexican

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a friend or comrade

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Spanish, from Latin amīcus.]

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From Spanish, from Latin amicus ("friend"), derived from amare ("love"). Compare Catalan amic, Esperanto amiko, French ami, Ido amiko, Interlingua amico, Italian amico, Novial amike, Portuguese amigo, Romanian amic, Sardinian amícu, Spanish amigo.

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    "Ship's Log.

    For Amsterdam.

    The Ship Amigo,

    Captain James Joseph Anchower II, will set sail on the fifteen of July for freight or passage and is willing to be compensated with backside, lantern oil, or the leaf of hemp."

    October 7, 2008