family friend
noun
: a person who has known and spent time with one's family
She is a family friend.
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Alex casually informing a family friend that their son will take the fall for Paul’s sin is clearly grotesque behavior.
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Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
Posting on social media, people slammed the Democrat for attending a family friend's wedding abroad on October 9, just two days before a state of emergency was declared on October 11 due to the floods.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Pruitt, a longtime family friend, had served as a mentor to the teen.
—Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 10 Oct. 2025
Minnelli is a longtime family friend.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 9 Oct. 2025
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Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
Posting on social media, people slammed the Democrat for attending a family friend's wedding abroad on October 9, just two days before a state of emergency was declared on October 11 due to the floods.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Pruitt, a longtime family friend, had served as a mentor to the teen.
—Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 10 Oct. 2025
Minnelli is a longtime family friend.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 9 Oct. 2025
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 19 Oct. 2025.
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