The main entry in the Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary for the definition of friend is: one attached to another by affection or esteem. This is the most base line definition of the word that I have ever read, but it certainly technically covers it all.

Here is Bleu's definition of the word friend:

A person who, no matter what external forces arise, is unconditionally committed to maintaining a loving connection with another person out of their sheer desire to do so.



Is this too far off? hmmm... I guess I could be way off base. Maybe I am.

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