Usually means: Mutual support system for safety.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word buddy system:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. buddy system, the buddy system: Merriam-Webster
  2. buddy system: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. buddy system: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. buddy system: Vocabulary.com
  5. buddy system: Wiktionary
  6. buddy system: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. buddy system: Dictionary.com
  8. Buddy system (disambiguation), Buddy system, The Buddy System (film): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. buddy system: Rhymezone
  10. buddy system: FreeDictionary.org
  11. buddy system: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. buddy system: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. buddy system: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. buddy system: Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. the buddy system: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See buddy_systems as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (buddy system)

noun:  The practice of working or travelling together with at least one other person, especially when undertaking something potentially risky or hazardous.
noun:  (computing theory) The use of buddy memory allocation.

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