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Adjective: familiar fu'milyur [N. Amer], fu'mileeu(r) [Brit]- Well known or easily recognized
"a familiar figure"; "familiar songs"; "familiar guests" - Within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange
"familiar ordinary objects found in every home"; "a familiar everyday scene"; "a familiar excuse"; "a day like any other filled with familiar duties and experiences" - (usually followed by 'with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly
"familiar with the complex machinery"; "he was familiar with those roads" - conversant - Having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship
"on familiar terms" - intimate Noun: familiar fu'milyur [N. Amer], fu'mileeu(r) [Brit]- A person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support
- A friend who is frequently in the company of another
- companion, comrade, fellow, associate, yokefellow [N. Amer] - A spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard
- familiar spirit
Derived forms: familiars See also: acquainted, beaten, close, common, common or garden [Brit], everyday, familiarity, familiarly, informed, known, long-familiar, old, usual, well-known Type of: disembodied spirit, friend, retainer, servant, spirit Antonym: strange, unfamiliar Encyclopedia: Familiar |