crony (redirected from cronies)

cro·ny  (krn)

n. pl. cro·nies

A longtime close friend or companion.

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[Possibly from Greek khronios, long lasting, from khronos, time.]

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crony

Noun

pl -nies a close friend [Greek khronios long-lasting]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

crony - a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities buddy, chum, pal, sidekick, brother cobber - Australian term for a pal friend - a person you know well and regard with affection and trust; "he was my best friend at the university"

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crony

noun friend, china Brit. (slang) colleague, associate, mate (informal) pal (informal) companion, cock Brit. (informal) buddy (informal) comrade, chum (informal) accomplice, ally, sidekick (slang) main man (slang), chiefly U.S. homeboy (slang), chiefly U.S. cobber Austral., N.Z. (old-fashioned), (informal)

Translations

crony [ˈkrəunɪ] n → compinche m/f

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crony [ˈkrəunɪ] n → copain(copine)

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crony [ˈkrəunɪ] (inf) (pej) n → Kumpan(in) m(f)

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crony [ˈkrəunɪ] n (col) → amicone/a

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crony

n crony [ˈkrəuni]

a close companion He spent the evening drinking with his cronies. boesemvriend, makker, kameraad صَديق حَميم، رَفيق стар приятел kamarád kammersjuk; kammerat der Kumpan παλιόφιλος compinche, amigote semu دوست صمیمی kaveri copain, copine חָבֵר अंतरंग मित्र, घनिष्ट मित्र blizak prijatelj (régi) haver sahabat virktarvinur compagno 親友 친한 친구 bičiulis, draugelis sens draugs kroni makker kompis, kamerat kumpel compincha amic закадычный друг kamarát, -ka kolega drugar kumpan, kompis เพื่อนสนิท yakın arkadaş, kafadar 親密的朋友 щирий приятель, нерозлучний друг قريبى دوست، يار غار bạn thân thiết 亲密的朋友