family friend
noun
: a person who has known and spent time with one's family
She is a family friend.
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Photographed by Huy Luong The requisite lady of good fortune—here, a family friend endowed with blessings both material and familial—then combed Cheng’s hair with a vintage gold Buccellati comb for extra-lucky combing.
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Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 22 May 2025
The boy was tracked to a family friend’s home on E. 166th St. near Tinton Ave., about two blocks south of the murder scene, cops said.
—Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 20 May 2025
According to the White Sox, the pope attended the game with the late Ed Schmit, a family friend and season ticket holder.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2025
Rufus Isaacs — whose father, Simon Isaacs, 4th Marquess of Reading, is a close family friend of King Charles — grew up with Prince William and Prince Harry.
—Monique Jessen, People.com, 14 May 2025
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Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 22 May 2025
The boy was tracked to a family friend’s home on E. 166th St. near Tinton Ave., about two blocks south of the murder scene, cops said.
—Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 20 May 2025
According to the White Sox, the pope attended the game with the late Ed Schmit, a family friend and season ticket holder.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2025
Rufus Isaacs — whose father, Simon Isaacs, 4th Marquess of Reading, is a close family friend of King Charles — grew up with Prince William and Prince Harry.
—Monique Jessen, People.com, 14 May 2025
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“Family friend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20friend. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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