faithful friend

collocation in English

meaningsoffaithfulandfriend

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faithful
adjective
uk
/ˈfeɪθ.fəl/us
/ˈfeɪθ.fəl/
firm and not changing in your friendship with or support for a person or an organization, or in your belief in ...
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friend
noun[C]
uk
/frend/us
/frend/
a person who you know well and who you like a lot, but who is usually not a member of ...
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(Definition offaithfulandfriendfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffaithful friend

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The nation has lost afaithfulfriendand servant.
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We mourn and salute a true andfaithfulfriend.
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Some of us have lost a very dear and veryfaithfulfriend.
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He also referred to the dog as being man's mostfaithfulfriend.
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I was thus reduced to the status of my four-legged andfaithfulfriend, who does precisely that.
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He never discussed politics and was always afaithfulfriend.
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He instructed hisfaithfulfriendto eliminate both of them when the time was right.
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He was a true andfaithfulfriendand a wonderful partner.
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He decided to use hisfaithfulfriendto assist him in this effort.
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Giuseppe suspects that he is being double-crossed by his oncefaithfulfriend.
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Believe me at all times and places, for ever your sincere, affectionate, andfaithfulfriend.
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Cho rushes to help hisfaithfulfriend, but the latter dies in his arms.
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He was a loving affectionate husband, tender father and afaithfulfriendand brother.
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The object of to-day's exercise is, so far as is humanly possible, to protect and safeguard the control and life of that mostfaithfulfriendof man, the dog.
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He was the affectionate husband, the tender father, the compassionate master, the dutiful son, the loving brother, and the steady,faithfulfriend.
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He refers to him by the title ke-mo sah-bee, explaining that the phrase meansfaithfulfriend(radio series) or trusty scout (television series) in the language of his tribe.
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