A friend or companion, often used in informal contexts or dialectal speech as a variant of 'buddy'.
Variant spelling of 'buddy,' which emerged in 19th-century American English, possibly from the word 'brother' or children's speech. The term became widespread in military and informal contexts.
The spelling 'buddie' represents how words evolve through casual speech and regional variation—what linguists call 'orthographic variation.' You'll find similar alternative spellings in Old English texts where standardized spelling hadn't yet solidified.
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