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- noun Plural form of
compadre .
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Examples
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His Latin American compadres were extremely pleased at President Gringo's generosity, and even ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro summoned enough energy to get up and walk over for seconds.
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Link did i miss an announcement — but isn’t HRC “Congress” — why don’t you get the ball rolling with your compadres is my 1st question to the Senator.
Clinton Proposes Remedies for Housing Crisis - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Maybe the speaker was, especially when he was handing out lobbyist checks on the House Floor to his 'compadres'.
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Even though I'm light skinned I've always seen ALL BRAZILIANS as my "compadres", when I'm in Brazil I don't call a dark skinned person "African Brazilian" or "Black", I call that person BRAZILIAN, my brother, my sister, my compatriot.
Home 2009
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Even though I'm light skinned I've always seen ALL BRAZILIANS as my "compadres", when I'm in Brazil I don't call a dark skinned person "African Brazilian" or "Black", I call that person BRAZILIAN, my brother, my sister, my compatriot.
Home 2009
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From bribes to 'compadres' and haggling of scandalous DVDs with corrupt journalists in order to cover-up government 'scandals'.
Anarkismo.net 2009
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From bribes to 'compadres' and haggling of scandalous DVDs with corrupt journalists in order to cover-up government 'scandals'.
Anarkismo.net 2009
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Even though I'm light skinned I've always seen ALL BRAZILIANS as my "compadres", when I'm in Brazil I don't call a dark skinned person "African Brazilian" or "Black", I call that person BRAZILIAN, my brother, my sister, my compatriot.
Home 2009
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Even though I'm light skinned I've always seen ALL BRAZILIANS as my "compadres", when I'm in Brazil I don't call a dark skinned person "African Brazilian" or "Black", I call that person BRAZILIAN, my brother, my sister, my compatriot.
Home 2009
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Even though I'm light skinned I've always seen ALL BRAZILIANS as my "compadres", when I'm in Brazil I don't call a dark skinned person "African Brazilian" or "Black", I call that person BRAZILIAN, my brother, my sister, my compatriot.
Home 2009
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