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Word: Familiar
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English (in the sense ‘intimate’, ‘on a family footing’): from Old French familier, from Latin familiaris, from familia ‘household servants, family’, from famulus ‘servant’
fəˈmɪlɪə
a demon supposedly attending and obeying a witch, often said to assume the form of an animal
Short Definition:demon supposedly obeying witch
Examples:- her familiars were her two little griffons that nested in her skirts
a close friend or associate.
Short Definition:close friend or associate
(in the Roman Catholic Church) a person rendering certain services in a pope's or bishop's household.
Short Definition:person in pope's or bishop's household
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