The dog has a special relationship with man and is described as his best friend.

He said the boy's mother described the doctor as "her best friend."

The Senator has described his father as "my best friend."

She described her husband as "a friend I am obliged to support."

No, he said, he had never heard of the man described as his special friend.

The writer describes himself as William's friend and claims to have visited him the night before he died.

"He was angry because he'd lost what he described as his best friend."

"Bonnie Turner described him as a friend of their daughter's who acted in a school production."

No matter what a dog looked like, though, its person invariably described it as a friend, a helper and much more.

Berkeley himself has been described as "a friend of the King's Men."