family friend
noun
: a person who has known and spent time with one's family
She is a family friend.
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Jackie’s secretary Mary Gallagher was relieved to see the experienced, fifty-seven-year-old nurse and family friend.
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Steven Levingston, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026
Morales underwent two emergency brain surgeries in Atlanta before a family friend connected her with doctors at the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.
—Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2026
The Dorgan family's attorneys released a statement Wednesday, as Rhonda's parents – Linda Dorgan and Gerald Dorgan – and family friend Thomas Giarrusso remain in the hospital in critical condition.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 19 Feb. 2026
Authorities said the shooter critically wounded Rhonda Dorgan’s parents and a family friend.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026
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Steven Levingston, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026
Morales underwent two emergency brain surgeries in Atlanta before a family friend connected her with doctors at the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.
—Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2026
The Dorgan family's attorneys released a statement Wednesday, as Rhonda's parents – Linda Dorgan and Gerald Dorgan – and family friend Thomas Giarrusso remain in the hospital in critical condition.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 19 Feb. 2026
Authorities said the shooter critically wounded Rhonda Dorgan’s parents and a family friend.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026
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“Family friend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20friend. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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