A friend is a partner in friendship, an interpersonal relationship between humans. Friend or The Friend may also refer to:

Film

* ''Friend'' (1987 film), Soviet film * ''Friend'' (2001 film), South Korean film directed by Kwak Kyung-taek, remade as a 2009 TV series (see below) * ''The Friend'' (2003), German drama directed by Elmar Fischer (original title: ''Fremder Freund'') * ''Friend'' (2018 film), a Kenyan film

Television

* '' Friend, Our Legend'', a South Korean drama, a remake of the 2001 film ''Friend'' * "Friend", an episode of ''Death Note'' * "The Friend", an episode of ''Frasier''
"The Friend", an season 3 episode of The Amazing World of Gumball

Literature

* ''The Friend'' (Quaker magazine), a British magazine * ''The Friend'' (LDS magazine), a Latter-day Saint children's magazine * ''Friend'' (Henstell novel), a novel by Diana Henstell * ''The Friend'' (novel), a 2018 novel by Sigrid Nunez * ''The Friend'', monthly newspaper for seamen published in Honolulu by

Samuel C. Damon Samuel Chenery Damon (February 15, 1815 – February 7, 1885) was a list of Missionaries to Hawaii, missionary to Hawaii, pastor of the Seamen's Bethel Church, chaplain of the Honolulu American Seamen's Friend Society and editor in chief, editor of ...

1843–1867 * ''The Friend'', a short-lived weekly publication (1809-1810) published by

Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge (; 21 October 177225 July 1834) was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poe ...

Friend (Paek novel) ''Friend: A Novel from North Korea'' ( ko, 벗) is a 1988 novel by Paek Nam-nyong. It is one of the few non-dissident North Korean works to be translated into English, with Columbia University Press releasing its translation in 2020. Immanuel Kim ...

, a novel by Paek Nam-nyong

Music

* ''Friend'' (album), by S.E.S. * ''Friend'' (EP), by Grizzly Bear * "Friend" (song), a song by Christine McVie * "Friend", a song by 12 Rods from ''

Gay? ''Gay?'' is an extended play (EP) by 12 Rods. It was released on January 14, 1996, by V2 Records. The EP is notable for being the first recording to receive a very rare 10 rating from ''Pitchfork'' upon its release, being one of the few album ...

'' * "Friend", a song by Ayumi Hamasaki, B-side of the single " Poker Face" * "Friend", a song by Iyaz from '' Replay'' * "Friend", a song by Wild Colonials from ''Reel Life, Vol. 1''

People

Friend (surname) Friend is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Andy Friend (born 1969), Australian rugby union coach * Bill Friend (engineer) (died 2021), American executive, Bechtel president in the 1980s * Bill Friend (politician) (born 1949), ...

Friend Humphrey Friend Humphrey (March 8, 1787 – March 15, 1854) was an American merchant and politician from New York. Life He was born in Simsbury, Connecticut. In 1811, he moved to Albany, New York, where he engaged in the leather trade. He was a Whig ...

(1787–1854), New York politician * The Public Universal Friend (1752–1819), American preacher *

Friend Smith Rutherford Friend Smith Rutherford (September 25, 1820 – June 20, 1864) was a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He commanded the 97th Illinois Infantry Regiment during the Vicksburg campaign. On June 18, 1864, President Abraham Li ...

(1824-1864), United States Army officer and lawyer

Places

;United States: *

Friend, Kansas Friend is an unincorporated community in Terry Township, Finney County, Kansas, United States. It is located next to U.S. Route 83 and the North Line of the Garden City Western Railway, south to the county line of Scott County. History Orig ...

Friend, Nebraska Friend is a city in Saline County, Nebraska, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 954. History The city is named for Charles E. Friend who homesteaded the land and initially named the community Friendville. He operated ...

Friend, Oregon Friend is an unincorporated community in Wasco County in the U.S. state of Oregon. Considered a ghost town, little remains of the community except the Friend Store, a one-room schoolhouse, and a cemetery. Friend was named after George J. Friend ...

Friend (MBTA station) Haymarket station is an underground Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) rapid transit station located at Haymarket Square in Boston, Massachusetts. It is a transfer station between the Green Line and Orange Line of the MBTA subwa ...

, Boston, Massachusetts, a former Orange Line entrance at the current Haymarket station

Other uses

Friend (automobile) The Friend was an automobile A car or automobile is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of ''cars'' say that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people instead of goo ...

, an American automobile * Friend (climbing), or spring-loaded camming device, a type of rock climbing anchor *

Friend function In object-oriented programming, a friend function, that is a "friend" of a given class, is a function that is given the same access as methods to private and protected data. A friend function is declared by the class that is granting access, so ...

, in object-oriented programming, to allow access to private or protected data in a class from outside the class **

Friend class A friend class in C++ can access the private and protected members of the class in which it is declared as a friend. A significant use of a friend class is for a part of a data structure, represented by a class, to provide access to the main class ...

, a class allowed to access data in another class *

Friend of the court An ''amicus curiae'' (; ) is an individual or organization who is not a party to a legal case, but who is permitted to assist a court by offering information, expertise, or insight that has a bearing on the issues in the case. The decision on ...

, or amicus curiae, a party not involved in a case who offers the court information or other assistance *

Friend (Facebook) Facebook is a social-network service website launched on February 4, 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg. The following is a list of software and technology features that can be found on the Facebook website and mobile app and are available to users of t ...

* Friend (operating system) * Friend, a member of the Religious Society of Friends (

Quakers Quakers are people who belong to a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations known formally as the Religious Society of Friends. Members of these movements ("theFriends") are generally united by a belief in each human's abil ...

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