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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
1802, colloquial butty (“companion”), also the form of an older dialect term meaning workmate, associated with coal mining. Itself believed derived from 1530 as booty fellow, a partner with whom one shares booty or loot.[1] Alternatively, an alteration of brother.[2][3]
Noun[edit]
buddy (plural buddies)
- A friend or casual acquaintance.
- Synonyms: bud, mate; see also Thesaurus:friend
- They have been buddies since they were in school.
- A partner for a particular activity.
- An informal and friendly address to a stranger; a friendly (or occasionally antagonistic) placeholder name for a person one does not know.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
friend or casual acquaintance
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partner for a particular activity
informal address to a stranger
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Verb[edit]
buddy (third-person singular simple present buddies, present participle buddying, simple past and past participle buddied)
- (transitive) To assign a buddy, or partner, to.
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English buddy, buddi, equivalent to bud + -y.
Adjective[edit]
buddy (comparative more buddy, superlative most buddy)
- Resembling a bud.
- 1963, John Herbert Goddard, Chrysanthemum Growers' Treasury (page 18)
- Some of the dwarfer varieties are full of buddy growths in the early stages and these must be cut down and thrown away.
- 1963, John Herbert Goddard, Chrysanthemum Growers' Treasury (page 18)
References[edit]
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “buddy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary, retrieved November 2008.
- ^ “buddy”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- ^ “buddy”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
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