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compadre definition

☆ com·pa·dre (kəm pä′drā′)

noun

Southwest a close friend; buddy

Etymology: Sp, friend, lit., godfather < ML(Ec) compater: see compère

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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