Compadre

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Spanish, literally ‘godfather’, hence ‘benefactor, friend’. Compare with compère and gossip.

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Borrowed from Spanish compadre(“joint father, godfather, friend”). Doublet of compeer, compere, and goombah.

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compadre (n.)

"companion," 1834, American English, from Spanish compadre "godfather," hence "benefactor, friend," from Medieval Latin compater, from com "with, together" (see com-) + pater "father" (see father (n.). Compare compere, compeer, also gossip (n.).