backfriend (English, noun)
expansion: backfriend (plural backfriends)
expansion: (British, dialectal)
Senses:
glosses: A friend who supports someone; a person who has someone's back; a backer, a supporter.
tags: British
archaic
dialectal
glosses: 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”).
tags: British
dialectal
glosses: A person who pretends to be someone's friend; a false friend, a secret enemy.
tags: British
dialectal
obsolete
Forms:
form: backfriends
tags: plural
form: back-friend
tags: alternative