Definition of familiar

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Familiar (n.) A confidential officer employed in the service of the tribunal, especially in apprehending and imprisoning the accused..

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Familiar :: Familiar (n.) An attendant demon or evil spirit.
Fellowship :: Fellowship (n.) Companionship of persons on equal and friendly terms; frequent and familiar intercourse.
Knowledge :: Knowledge (v. i.) The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; cognition..
Shy :: Shy (superl.) Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach.
Hobnob :: Hobnob (adv.) Have or have not; -- a familiar invitation to reciprocal drinking.
Use :: Use (v. t.) To accustom; to habituate; to render familiar by practice; to inure; -- employed chiefly in the passive participle; as, men used to cold and hunger; soldiers used to hardships and danger..
Custom :: Custom (v. t.) To make familiar; to accustom.
Mouse :: Mouse (n.) A familiar term of endearment.
Parlor :: Parlor (n.) In large private houses, a sitting room for the family and for familiar guests, -- a room for less formal uses than the drawing-room. Esp., in modern times, the dining room of a house having few apartments, as a London house, where the dining parlor is usually on the ground floor..
Goodman :: Goodman (n.) A familiar appellation of civility, equivalent to My friend, Good sir, Mister; -- sometimes used ironically..
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John..
Close :: Close (v. t.) Intimate; familiar; confidential.
Johnny :: Johnny (n.) A familiar diminutive of John.
Proverb :: Proverb (n.) A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference.
Unacquainted :: Unacquainted (a.) Not usual; unfamiliar; strange.
Homiletical :: Homiletical (a.) Of or pertaining to familiar intercourse; social; affable; conversable; companionable.
Tete-a-tete :: Tete-a-tete (n.) Private conversation; familiar interview or conference of two persons.
Inward :: Inward (n.) An intimate or familiar friend or acquaintance.
Popular :: Popular (a.) Suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not abstruse; familiar; plain.
Soul :: Soul (n.) A human being; a person; -- a familiar appellation, usually with a qualifying epithet; as, poor soul..
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