单词 | compadre |
释义 | compadre Chiefly U.S.|kɒmˈpɑːdreɪ| [Sp., godfather, hence benefactor, friend. Cf. gossip n.] Companion, friend. (See also quot. 1939). Also, a term of address.
1834A. Pike Sketches 99 Nay, compadre, an American cannot steal. 1850L. H. Garrard Wah-to-Yah v. 77, I had apprehensions he would lie in wait with his compadres. 1895M. McClelland St. John's Wooing 136 Tell me, compadre, how many loves have you had! 1939G. Greene Lawless Roads viii. 202 A compadre meant a fellow god⁓parent, a spiritual relationship regarded in Mexico as a close one. 1940― Power & Glory iii. i. 213 When you get there, father, look up a compadre of mine. |

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