familiar🔊

Known to one, or generally known; commonplace.

Acquainted.

Intimate or friendly.

Of or pertaining to a family; familial.

(witchcraft) An attendant spirit, often in animal or demon form.

(obsolete) A member of one's family or household.

A member of a pope's or bishop's household.

(obsolete) A close friend.

(historical) The officer of the Inquisition who arrested suspected people.