chérie
noun
dear; sweetheart: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
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
It wasn't kind of me, chérie, and I love you for standing up for your mother.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. by Various
"But, chérie, what have I done?" he inquired, his brown eyes wide with astonishment.
From The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley by Louis Tracy
"Ma chérie, what is it, whence hast thou come?" asked the good mother, alarmed.
From A Round Dozen by Susan Coolidge
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
But the ceremony made headlines when Labour's soon-to-be Prime Minister Tony Blair attended with his wife Cherie, walking the red carpet alongside King.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
Unlike Golden Tempo, who pulled off a 23-1 shocker to make Cherie DeVaux the first woman to train a Kentucky Derby winner, Taj Mahal will start at a much lower price for Brittany Russell.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
A new Stevie Wonder song comes on, “My Cherie Amour.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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