friendless

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
friend/frend/

▶noun

• 1 a person with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically one exclusive of sexual or family relations.

  ■ used in polite address to an acquaintance or stranger.

• 2 a familiar or helpful thing.

• 3 a person who supports a particular cause or organization: the Friends of the Welsh National Opera.

• 4 (in battle) an ally.

• 5 (Friend) a member of the Religious Society of Friends; a Quaker.

▶verb archaic befriend.

– phrases
be (or make) friends with be (or become) on friendly terms with.
a friend at court a person in a position to use their influence on one's behalf.

– derivatives
friendless adjective.

– origin OE frēond, of Gmc origin; rel. to free.