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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Skilled :: Skilled (a.) Having familiar knowledge united with readiness and dexterity in its application; familiarly acquainted with; expert; skillful; -- often followed by in; as, a person skilled in drawing or geometry..
Juvenile :: Juvenile (n.) A young person or youth; -- used sportively or familiarly.
Blackcoat :: Blackcoat (n.) A clergyman; -- familiarly so called, as a soldier is sometimes called a redcoat or a bluecoat..
Custom :: Custom (v. t.) To make familiar; to accustom.
Lecture :: Lecture (n.) A discourse on any subject; especially, a formal or methodical discourse, intended for instruction; sometimes, a familiar discourse, in contrast with a sermon..
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..
Heart :: Heart (n.) A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address.
Confabulate :: Confabulate (v. i.) To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle.
Homely :: Homely (n.) Belonging to, or having the characteristics of, home; domestic; familiar; intimate..
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..
Hobnob :: Hobnob (v. i.) To associate familiarly; to be on intimate terms.
Freedom :: Freedom (n.) Improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum; license.
Conversance :: Conversance (n.) The state or quality of being conversant; habit of familiarity; familiar acquaintance; intimacy.
Johnny :: Johnny (n.) A familiar diminutive of John.
Goodman :: Goodman (n.) A husband; the master of a house or family; -- often used in speaking familiarly.
Disreputable :: Disreputable (a.) Not reputable; of bad repute; not in esteem; dishonorable; disgracing the reputation; tending to bring into disesteem; as, it is disreputable to associate familiarly with the mean, the lewd, and the profane..
Talk :: Talk (n.) To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts..
Neighborly :: Neighborly (a.) Apropriate to the relation of neighbors; having frequent or familiar intercourse; kind; civil; social; friendly.
Familiarization :: Familiarization (n.) The act or process of making familiar; the result of becoming familiar; as, familiarization with scenes of blood..
Skill :: Skill (n.) The familiar knowledge of any art or science, united with readiness and dexterity in execution or performance, or in the application of the art or science to practical purposes; power to discern and execute; ability to perceive and perform; expertness; aptitude; as, the skill of a mathematician, physician, surgeon, mechanic, etc..
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