Add to ORKGbuddy n(When in conversation with Mrs Margaret Rose,Secretary to Dr Seary at MUN, I said in reference to an insurance agent who was calling in at the Departmental Office today: He may come this afternoon.) The reply was: "Who,the buddy?" i.e. "the man you were speaking about a moment ago."See cited quotation.DNE-citThe usage is unusual in my experience because of the use of the Definite Article before this noun. The noun is used in the general sense of "that person or individual" (without a preceding Article) in St John's usage.JW April 25 1967Used I and SupUsed I1Not usedSource appears in DNE I as P 266-6