as in friend
a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another
my old college buddy is the one person I can always turn to
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German Marquez and Antonio Senzatela, side-by-side, shoulder-to-shoulder, roommates, best buddies, always backing each other up.
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Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2025
On Tuesday afternoon, Howard Lutnick, Trump’s Wall Street buddy and a major campaign contributor, who is now installed as his Commerce Secretary, suggested, on Fox Business, that a compromise was at hand with Canada and Mexico, and would shortly be announced.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2025
In some scenes, the antagonists appear more like cult worshippers than buddies from the local break.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2025
His apology was unsurprising, given the fact Lanez and Drake have a great relationship and presumably would not want his buddies going at it.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 3 Mar. 2025
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Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2025
On Tuesday afternoon, Howard Lutnick, Trump’s Wall Street buddy and a major campaign contributor, who is now installed as his Commerce Secretary, suggested, on Fox Business, that a compromise was at hand with Canada and Mexico, and would shortly be announced.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2025
In some scenes, the antagonists appear more like cult worshippers than buddies from the local break.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2025
His apology was unsurprising, given the fact Lanez and Drake have a great relationship and presumably would not want his buddies going at it.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Buddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buddy. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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