a person who is frequently in the company of another; " drinking companions"; " comrades in arms"

( usually followed by ` with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly; " conversant with business trends"; " familiar with the complex machinery"; " he was familiar with those roads"

having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship; " on familiar terms"; " pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders"

a spirit ( usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard

a person attached to the household of a high official ( as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support

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"

Closely acquainted or intimate, as a friend or companion; well versed in, as any subject of study; as, familiar with the Scriptures.

Characterized by, or exhibiting, the manner of an intimate friend; not formal; unconstrained; easy; accessible.

Well known; well understood; common; frequent; as, a familiar illustration.

Improperly acquainted; wrongly intimate.

An intimate; a companion.

An attendant demon or evil spirit.

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

Well acquainted, or intimate, with; domestic; affable; easy; unconstrained; unceremonious.

An intima te.

Familiarly.

Well acquainted or intimate; showing the manner of an intimate; free; having a thorough knowledge of; well known or understood.

One well or long acquainted; a demon supposed to attend at call.

An intimate acquaintance; attendant demon.

Intimate; free; versed in; well- known.

A familiar friend.

Well acquainted; thoroughly versed.

An attendant demon.

A servant of the Inquisition.

Pertaining to a family; domestic; well- acquainted; intimate; affable; not formal or distant; well versed in; well known or understood by frequent use; unceremonious; unconstrained; intimate in an unlawful degree.

An intimate; one long acquainted; a demon or evil spirit supposed to attend at a call.

Well acquainted with; intimate; affable; easy and unconstrained; common; frequent.

One long acquainted; a spirit or demon supposed to wait on; an officer or servant of the Inquisition employed to arrest and imprison the accused.

That young chap was too familiar, anyway. – Patty's Suitors by Carolyn Wells

And I said I wasn't sure, I had met so many people, and there was something familiar about him. – Lahoma by John Breckinridge Ellis

People were familiar with it; they knew and liked it. – Paul and the Printing Press by Sara Ware Bassett

You are most of you already familiar with them. – Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present by Various

The name has a familiar ring, somehow. – The Bronze Bell by Louis Joseph Vance

To Fanny the thought of death was familiar. – Tempest and Sunshine by Mary J. Holmes

No; and yet, now it was suggested to him, there had been something strangely familiar about one of the men. – The Light That Lures by Percy Brebner

" You've got to let us go, because we are the only ones who are at all familiar with her theory," Rodebush insisted. – Triplanetary by Edward Elmer Smith

And not even the great Merazzi, the conductor, was more familiar with the music than he. – The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories by Arnold Bennett

" I suppose your life has not been of a kind to make you very familiar with it all. – The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him by Paul Leicester Ford

Probably the best test of value is one with which I was familiar some years ago. – Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose

It isn't the things that are right and perfect in your life that make it familiar. – The Tunnel Under The World by Frederik Pohl

And the strange thing was that the voice was familiar. – Salute to Adventurers by John Buchan

Or how many of them have names which are even faintly familiar to the public?" – The Turnstile by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason

" Why, to be sure," says I, like a fool, " you have been a little over- familiar." – A Set of Rogues by Frank Barrett

It is assumed that the hearer is familiar with the principles referred to. – Logic, Inductive and Deductive by William Minto

The first is familiar. – Chopin: The Man and His Music by James Huneker