family friend
noun
: a person who has known and spent time with one's family
She is a family friend.
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Shortly after the conviction, Rhett appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and recounted the morning after the shooting, when a family friend told him the news.
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Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
Peter Brodsky, the mall’s chief executive, was a family friend and patron, with a Tobolowsky sculpture on the lawn of his residence.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
Two of the victims were identified by a family friend as Louisnes Fedon and his 3-year-old granddaughter, Kimberly Asa.
—Megan Forrester, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2025
During a final confrontation, all of this comes to light, Josephine accidentally shoots and kills Irvine family friend Colin (Jay Ellis), and Peter not-so-accidentally shoots and kills Josephine.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Nov. 2025
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Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
Peter Brodsky, the mall’s chief executive, was a family friend and patron, with a Tobolowsky sculpture on the lawn of his residence.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
Two of the victims were identified by a family friend as Louisnes Fedon and his 3-year-old granddaughter, Kimberly Asa.
—Megan Forrester, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2025
During a final confrontation, all of this comes to light, Josephine accidentally shoots and kills Irvine family friend Colin (Jay Ellis), and Peter not-so-accidentally shoots and kills Josephine.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Family friend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20friend. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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