bon ami
Americannoun
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a good friend.
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a sweetheart or lover.
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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
Josephine arrives, knocks at the door, implores him to open it, and addresses him as "Mon ami, mon bon ami."
From The Tragedy of St. Helena by Runciman, Walter
He was thus speedily received as the lover of Rosalie, and about the time of my visit was installed in all the privileges of a bon ami.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 266, July 28, 1827 by Various
How now, Paul, my poilu comrade, bon ami, why don't you add the house itself to the pack on your back?
From The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 by Jahns, Lewis E.
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