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Learn to pronounce fa·mil·iar

/fəˈmilyər/
adjective
  1. well known from long or close association.
    "their faces will be familiar to many of you"
  2. in close friendship; intimate.
    "she had not realized they were on such familiar terms"
    synonyms: close, intimate, dear, near, confidential, bosom, friendly, neighborly, sociable, amicable, easy, pally, chummy, matey, buddy-buddy, palsy-walsy, thick, thick as thieves

noun
  1. a demon supposedly attending and obeying a witch, often said to assume the form of an animal.
    "her familiars were her two little griffons that nested in her skirts"
  2. a close friend or associate.
  3. (in the Roman Catholic Church) a person rendering certain services in a pope's or bishop's household.

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