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cher
/ʃɛɹ/
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What does cher mean?
noun
- Alternative spelling of 'cher.
proper noun
- A department of Centre-Val de Loire, France. Capital: Bourges.
- A left tributary of the Loire, in central France, flowing through the departments of Creuse, Allier, Cher, Loir-et-Cher and Indre-et-Loire.
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proper noun
- A short form of the female given name Cherilyn, popularized as a given name by the singer Cher.
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IPA pronunciation
/ʃɛɹ/
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“Do you know, mon cher,” said Bilíbin following him, “I have been thinking about you. Why are you going?”
Similar discoveries were made in the Cher, and in the celebrated cemetery of Hallstadt, near Salzburg.
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How answer you, la plus belle Katherine du monde, mon très cher et divin déesse?
Et ce cher portrait du divin Shakespeare Qu’un soir pour souper nons avons vendu!
In answer to his politely sinister, prolonged glance of inquiry, I overheard Doña Rita murmuring, with some confusion and annoyance, “Vous êtes bête mon cher. Voyons! Ça n’a aucune conséquence.”