family friend
noun
: a person who has known and spent time with one's family
She is a family friend.
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Alexis, 11, has been staying with a family friend after his father and step-mother were both deported a couple weeks ago, Blanco said.
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Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 5 Dec. 2025
The Fifitas also are related to defensive line coach Kelly Talavou (Fountain Valley) and count linebacker coach Rob Thomas as a close family friend.
—Dan Albano, Oc Register, 26 Nov. 2025
Russell Crowe is proud of family friend Robert Irwin, and knows the wildlife conservationist's legendary dad, Steve Irwin, would be too.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Nov. 2025
Speaking with Variety ahead of the festival, the filmmaker recalls first seeing Mailin crying on television as the interviewer asked her intrusive details about her abuse at the hands of her local priest and family friend Carlos Eduardo José.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 14 Nov. 2025
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Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 5 Dec. 2025
The Fifitas also are related to defensive line coach Kelly Talavou (Fountain Valley) and count linebacker coach Rob Thomas as a close family friend.
—Dan Albano, Oc Register, 26 Nov. 2025
Russell Crowe is proud of family friend Robert Irwin, and knows the wildlife conservationist's legendary dad, Steve Irwin, would be too.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Nov. 2025
Speaking with Variety ahead of the festival, the filmmaker recalls first seeing Mailin crying on television as the interviewer asked her intrusive details about her abuse at the hands of her local priest and family friend Carlos Eduardo José.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 14 Nov. 2025
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“Family friend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20friend. Accessed 13 Dec. 2025.
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