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  • chérie
    chérie
    noun
    dear; sweetheart: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
  • Cherie
    Cherie
    noun
    a female given name.

chérie

1 American  
[shay-ree] / ʃeɪˈri /

noun

French.
  • chéries
    plural
  1. dear; sweetheart: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.


Cherie 2 American  
[sher-ee] / ˈʃɛr i /
Or Cheri

noun

  1. a female given name.


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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

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

Cer—certainly, chérie; but don't try to talk just yet.

From Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life by Charles Theodore Murray

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

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

Cherie Tobin, the physician among the plaintiffs, said they plan to appeal as well as ask the court to halt the gather.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

Ingordo has full custody of a 15-year-old daughter from a previous marriage, and he said, “Meeting Cherie was not only good for me, it’s been great for my daughter.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2026

Cherie couldn’t believe it when she saw Richard at Oakland High School.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

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