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chère

American  
[sher] / ʃɛr /

adjective

French.
  1. dear; beloved: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.


Example Sentences

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Last time she visited us in Seattle, she asked me a serious question: “Chere Sadie,” she began, “why are you Americans SO obsessed with cinnamon?”

From Seattle Times

Ma chère mademoiselle, it is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure that we welcome you today to a reopened Disney World, here in la belle Florida!

From Washington Post

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police said in a statement on Friday that 35-year-old Lashandra Chere Williams was cited for failure to maintain lane control.

From Washington Times

Wake County sheriff’s deputies told local media that the body of 24-year-old Faith Chere Bevan of Garner was found late Sunday morning.

From Seattle Times

This is a huge room decorated in art deco stylings, with large, angular smoked-glass chandeliers, ceiling frescoes and a legend along one wall that reads “Bonne Bière et Bonne Chère depuis 1836”: Good beer and good food since 1836.

From Washington Post