bon ami

American  

[baw na-mee] / bɔ naˈmi /

noun

French.

plural

bons amis

1. a good friend.

2. a sweetheart or lover.

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Example Sentences

In public there were the usual invocations of George Washington’s bon ami, the Marquis de Lafayette, whom Biden referred to — during his welcome address on the South Lawn — as “Marcus.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2022

And as if to illustrate the conciliatory spirit, there was much post-debate bon ami between Mr Barlow, Geonopolis and, bizarrely, the French movie director Luc Besson.

From BBC • May 25, 2011

While La Motte was speaking, a fine-looking man came up, and, taking him by the arm, addressed him as his bon ami, and told him that dinner was ready.

From Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor by Webb, Archibald

Estelle came and embraced her and was voluble over the failings of her "bon ami," the sardonic manager.

From The Hippodrome by Hayward, Rachel

Michael, mon bon ami, have pity on her.

From The Forged Coupon by Tolstoy, Leo, graf