Crony - 5 dictionary results
cro⋅ny
[kroh-nee] 
–noun, plural -nies.
| a close friend or companion; chum. |
Origin:
1655–65; alleged to be university slang; perh. < Gk chrónios for a long time, long-continued, deriv. of chrónos time; cf. chrono-
1655–65; alleged to be university slang; perh. < Gk chrónios for a long time, long-continued, deriv. of chrónos time; cf. chrono-
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Language Translation for : Crony
| Spanish: | compinche, amigote, | German: | der Kumpan, | Japanese: | 親友 |
| cro·ny
(krō'nē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. cro·nies A longtime close friend or companion. [Possibly from Greek khronios, long lasting, from khronos, time.] |
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crony
1665, Cambridge student slang, probably from Gk. khronios "long-lasting," from khronos "time," and with a sense of "old friend," or "contemporary." Cronyism in political sense is 1950.
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| crony | |
noun | |
| a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities [syn: buddy] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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