Stepfriend

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A friend whose association is conferred through that of a mutual friend, being oftentimes obligatory

    "At best, we were stepfriends. I'm going to miss that."

Example

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"At best, we were stepfriends. I'm going to miss that."

Etymology

From step- + friend.

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