family friend
noun
: a person who has known and spent time with one's family
She is a family friend.
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Russell Crowe is proud of family friend Robert Irwin, and knows the wildlife conservationist's legendary dad, Steve Irwin, would be too.
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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
Celebrity hairstylist and family friend Chris Appleton did her stylish up-do.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
Last month, Baumgartner married family friend Joshua Connor.
—Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 13 Nov. 2025
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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
Celebrity hairstylist and family friend Chris Appleton did her stylish up-do.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
Last month, Baumgartner married family friend Joshua Connor.
—Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 13 Nov. 2025
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“Family friend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20friend. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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