familiar

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familiar
fəˈmɪlɪə Listen
Meanings
adjective
  • well known from long or close association.
    E.g. their faces will be familiar to many of you
  • in close friendship; intimate.
    E.g. she had not realized they were on such familiar terms
noun
  • a demon supposedly attending and obeying a witch, often said to assume the form of an animal.
    E.g. her familiars were her two little griffons that nested in her skirts
  • a close friend or associate.
  • (in the Roman Catholic Church) a person rendering certain services in a pope's or bishop's household.

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