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Definition of compadre noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

compadre

noun
 
/kəmˈpɑːdreɪ/
 
/kəmˈpɑːdreɪ/
(North American English, informal, from Spanish)
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  1. a friend or somebody that you spend a lot of time with
    Word OriginSpanish, literally ‘godfather’, hence ‘benefactor, friend’. Compare with compère and gossip.
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