boon companion
noun/ˌbuːn kəmˈpænjən/
/ˌbuːn kəmˈpænjən/
(literary)- a very good friendWord Originmid 16th cent.: boon from Old French bon, from Latin bonus ‘good’. The early literal sense was ‘good fellow’, originally denoting a drinking companion.
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