family friend
noun
: a person who has known and spent time with one's family
She is a family friend.
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The couple tied the knot on June 2 at longtime family friend Oprah Winfrey's house.
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Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 26 June 2024
Catering from Esso Mediterranean Bistro — the owner is a family friend.
—Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024
Reporter and family friend Lina Girl Langi said Wily died in southwest Utah, but did not reveal a cause of death.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 21 June 2024
And a family friend who was killed in Saigon defending the U.S. Embassy, Douglas Doody, is interred there.
—Washington Post, 18 June 2024
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Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 26 June 2024
Catering from Esso Mediterranean Bistro — the owner is a family friend.
—Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024
Reporter and family friend Lina Girl Langi said Wily died in southwest Utah, but did not reveal a cause of death.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 21 June 2024
And a family friend who was killed in Saigon defending the U.S. Embassy, Douglas Doody, is interred there.
—Washington Post, 18 June 2024
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“Family friend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20friend. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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