bedfellow \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷\noun Etymology: Middle English bedfelawe, from bed + felawe fellow 1.: a person sharing one's bed 2.: one found in proximity to or cooperation with another < the press, like politics, makes strange bedfellows — Newsweek > : associate, ally