childhood friend
noun
: a friend that a person had when both of them were children : a friend since childhood
We are childhood friends.
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Later identifies him … as a close childhood friend.
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Marcelena Spencer, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
For her role as Mizler, Marty Mauser’s (played by Timothee Chalamet) love interest and childhood friend, A’Zion was nominated for both an Actor Award and a BAFTA Award in supporting categories.
—Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
Sontag’s childhood friend is ninety-five and in fine health, his eyes bright, his lampshade mustache imposing.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
Maryanne’s childhood friend was heiress Mari Hulman George, her classmate in Catholic grade school in Terre Haute and only child of Tony Hulman, the man who owned the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and started the Indianapolis 500 Race back in 1946.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
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Marcelena Spencer, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
For her role as Mizler, Marty Mauser’s (played by Timothee Chalamet) love interest and childhood friend, A’Zion was nominated for both an Actor Award and a BAFTA Award in supporting categories.
—Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
Sontag’s childhood friend is ninety-five and in fine health, his eyes bright, his lampshade mustache imposing.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
Maryanne’s childhood friend was heiress Mari Hulman George, her classmate in Catholic grade school in Terre Haute and only child of Tony Hulman, the man who owned the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and started the Indianapolis 500 Race back in 1946.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
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“Childhood friend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/childhood%20friend. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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