family friend
noun
: a person who has known and spent time with one's family
She is a family friend.
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There’s a program run by a family friend that lives in Uganda that helps people trying to get jobs and leave the slums.
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Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
Afterward, Brennan will be interred at Blue Springs Cemetery, near his best friend Patrick Thomas McCarthy, who died in 2011, and close family friend Valerie Potter.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 28 Feb. 2026
Rhonda Dorgan's mother Linda Dorgan and a family friend, Thomas Geruso, were wounded.
—ABC News, 28 Feb. 2026
For that, another family friend said.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 28 Feb. 2026
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Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
Afterward, Brennan will be interred at Blue Springs Cemetery, near his best friend Patrick Thomas McCarthy, who died in 2011, and close family friend Valerie Potter.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 28 Feb. 2026
Rhonda Dorgan's mother Linda Dorgan and a family friend, Thomas Geruso, were wounded.
—ABC News, 28 Feb. 2026
For that, another family friend said.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 28 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for family friend
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“Family friend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20friend. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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