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petollinen ystävä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • backfriend noun A friend who supports someone; a person who has someone's back; a backer, a supporter.

Senses

petollinen ystävä is used for these senses in English:

  • backfriend (obsolete) A person who pretends to be someone's friend; a false friend, a secret enemy.

backfriend — full definition

  1. noun A friend who supports someone; a person who has someone's back; a backer, a supporter.
  2. noun Synonym of hangnail (“a loose, narrow strip of nail tissue protruding from the side edge and anchored near the base of a fingernail or toenail”).
  3. noun A person who pretends to be someone's friend; a false friend, a secret enemy.
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