bonne

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Noun
  • The Brazilian au pair found guilty of colluding with Brendan Banfield to murder his wife and a stranger was sentenced to 10 years in prison in a Virginia court Friday.
    Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
  • An au pair who schemed with her employer-turned-lover to kill his wife and another man received a 10-year sentence on Friday.
    CBS News, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • In colonial days, many families had a lifelong helper known as an amah (after the Portuguese word for nurse).
    Time, Time, 23 Jan. 2018
Noun
  • These include typecasting Black women as jezebels, sapphires and mammies; these depictions, combined with the law enforcement they may be exposed to, increase their vulnerability under the law.
    Kerry Lester Kasper, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The mammy stereotype, which desexualized both dark skinned enslaved and free women (who were often in domestic roles), made muting Black beauty the norm.
    Brooklyn White, Essence, 30 Nov. 2022
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“Bonne.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bonne. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.

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