bon ami
Americannoun
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bons amis
plural
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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
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 Archibald Webb
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
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 Walter Runciman
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