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mon cher

American  
[mawn sher] / mɔ̃ ˈʃɛr /
French.
  1. (referring to a man or boy) my dear.


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Know only this, mon cher: you are the only being I trust, and whom I love, above and beyond myself.

From Salon May 20, 2024

They are inscribed with expressions such as “À mon cher Maître” in a serpentine hand that resembles the Master’s.

From The New Yorker Apr. 11, 2016

"I am sure, mon cher ministre," he said, "that you did not say it intentionally."

From Time Magazine Archive

One letter from former Gaullist Party Secretary-General Rene Tomasini asked "mon cher Albin" Chalandon, then Minister of Development and Housing, to give a private firm a fat contract for highway construction.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Ah, mon cher, that would be indeed stretching coincidence a little too far,” said M. Bouc.

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie

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