Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Apparently a poetical perversion of fremd.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A stranger.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
stranger .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word fren.
Examples
-
January 14th, 2008 at 6: 29 am haha i am come from korean and my girls fren is white swedish important thing is the we are the world. dont be a monkey brain person.
CG Girls 2006
-
She said to me, familiarly, 'Have you god a Briddish cigarette for an ol' fren ', Horry?'
A Rude Awakening Aldiss, Brian 1978
-
'Oh, you lovely sexy Briddish boy, do you have a Briddish cigarette for your o' fren 'Katie?'
A Rude Awakening Aldiss, Brian 1978
-
A smile and a song, she'll shorten de miles and mak 'fren's wid everybody.
The Winds of Chance Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913
-
Life without wo'k, o 'interest, o' fren's, o 'ambition, o' love -- that ain't livin '!
Many Kingdoms Elizabeth Garver Jordan 1907
-
Yes, sistah, he am yo 'fren', moreova, an 'de fren' ob every daughtah ob Jakup likewise.
-
Yes, sistah, he am yo 'fren', moreova, an 'de fren' ob every daughtah ob Jakup likewise.
Last of the Great Scouts The Life Story of William F Cody Wetmore, Helen C 1899
-
Jim won't ever forgit you, Huck; you's de bes 'fren'
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 16 to 20 Mark Twain 1872
-
Jim won't ever forgit you, Huck; you's de bes 'fren'
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain 1872
-
ShoeiBoy tmr my girl "fren" bday, was trying to plan something and ask her be my gf ..
www.hardwarezone.com.sg ShoeiBoy 2010
tankhughes commented on the word fren
https://bsky.app/profile/fritinancy.bsky.social/post/3ltinx6i3h22e
was internet cute typo for friend
now it's used by nazis
July 9, 2025