Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A close friend or associate; a companion.

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  • noun A friend or companion.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Spanish, joint father, godfather, friend, from Medieval Latin compater, joint priest, godfather : Latin com-, com- + Latin pater, father; see pəter- in Indo-European roots.]

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Spanish compadre, joint father, godfather, friend.

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Examples

  • And his compadre is none other than Don Quixote, who, lance in hand, stands bravely defying the "Colosos of the North" from his lonely guard post at the northernmost edge of the Bulevard Francisco Villa.

    After All, This Is Mexico 2006

  • And his compadre is none other than Don Quixote, who, lance in hand, stands bravely defying the "Colosos of the North" from his lonely guard post at the northernmost edge of the Bulevard Francisco Villa.

    After All, This Is Mexico 2006

  • My compadre is from Celaya and think that a lot of the citrus based dishes from the Yucatan taste "medio raro".

    Cookbooks 1919

  • From now on I was called compadre by most of the people in the village, and that sacred relationship was established between myself and the baby's family, which is deemed of so much importance in the life of the Mexicans.

    Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan Carl Lumholtz 1886

  • “Call your compadre, ” I recommended, “and we’ll go inside and figure this out.”

    The Brush Off Laura Bradley 2004

  • “Call your compadre, ” I recommended, “and we’ll go inside and figure this out.”

    The Brush Off Laura Bradley 2004

  • “Call your compadre, ” I recommended, “and we’ll go inside and figure this out.”

    The Brush Off Laura Bradley 2004

  • “Call your compadre, ” I recommended, “and we’ll go inside and figure this out.”

    The Brush Off Laura Bradley 2004

  • Now we see where Vicente Fox, President George W. Bush's "compadre" has verbally stabbed our nation's president in the back, insulting him in so many ways that much as I have been upset with President Bush over so many issues especially his failures to secure our nation's borders and a host of other immigration-related issues, I now find myself almost feeling sorry for President Bush.

    One Old Vet 2008

  • Now we see where Vicente Fox, President George W. Bush's "compadre" has verbally stabbed our nation's president in the back, insulting him in so many ways that much as I have been upset with President Bush over so many issues especially his failures to secure our nation's borders and a host of other immigration-related issues, I now find myself almost feeling sorry for President Bush.

    One Old Vet 2008

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