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Meaning of familiar

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  familiar
      adj 1: well known or easily recognized; "a familiar figure";
             "familiar songs"; "familiar guests" [ant: {unfamiliar}]
      2: 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" [ant:
         {strange}, {unusual}]
      3: (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"
         [syn: {conversant(p)}, {familiar(p)}]
      4: having mutual interests or affections; of established
         friendship; "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an
         intimate footing with those she slanders" [syn: {familiar},
         {intimate}]
      n 1: a person attached to the household of a high official (as a
           pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support
      2: a friend who is frequently in the company of another;
         "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms" [syn: {companion},
         {comrade}, {fellow}, {familiar}, {associate}]
      3: a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant
         to a witch or wizard [syn: {familiar}, {familiar spirit}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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