chérie
noun
dear; sweetheart: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
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chérie
1 American
[shay-ree]
/ ʃeɪˈri /
noun
French.
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chéries
plural
Cherie
2
American
[sher-ee]
/ ˈʃɛr i /
Or
Cheri
noun
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She skips away in her black go-go boots and halfway down the block she turns around and smiles at me and says, “Bye, chérie, bye, bye.”
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
Seeing me coming in the door, Mrs. Levy-Cohen exclaims, “It’s always wonderful, chérie, to see you walking!”
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
I'm afraid not, chérie," said Roger, "I must get to work, you know.
From Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty by J. Scott (John Scott) Williams
Fouchette, chérie, I'm sure you must belong to a good family, you are so naturally winning and well-bred.
From Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life by Charles Theodore Murray
So all he could do was to wait and call softly as to a little child, ‘Nanette chérie, allons, allons!’
From Leerie by Ruth Sawyer
Though it’s ultimately a country-music concept album about the Old West, “The Outlaw Cherie Lee” takes in a wide range of musical styles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
On the opening “The Outlaw Cherie Lee,” as if sitting around a campfire, actor Jamie Foxx introduces the mythical story.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Golden Tempo, the horse that made Cherie DeVaux the first female trainer to win the Kentucky Derby, is not expected to win Saturday’s Belmont Stakes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
Golden Tempo rallied deep in the pack to win the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, making Cherie DeVaux the first female trainer to win the big race.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2026
A new Stevie Wonder song comes on, “My Cherie Amour.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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