family friend
noun
: a person who has known and spent time with one's family
She is a family friend.
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On the way to London to work as a nanny for a family friend, visits Paris for the first time.
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Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2026
The daughter, identified by a family friend as Fatima Sana Akram, was found dead in the living room of their apartment at Crown Ridge Apartments.
—Brandon Downs, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
That’s when a family friend connected him with Spilsbury, who was looking for a chef at Cbar.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
So Armando made his way to the home of a family friend in Mexico City.
—Tim Padgett, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
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Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2026
The daughter, identified by a family friend as Fatima Sana Akram, was found dead in the living room of their apartment at Crown Ridge Apartments.
—Brandon Downs, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
That’s when a family friend connected him with Spilsbury, who was looking for a chef at Cbar.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
So Armando made his way to the home of a family friend in Mexico City.
—Tim Padgett, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
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“Family friend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20friend. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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