familiar

  1. Adjective.  Known to one.
  2. Adjective.  Acquainted.
  3. Adjective.  Intimate or friendly.
  4. Adjective.  Inappropriately intimate or friendly.
  5. Adjective.  Of or pertaining to a family; familial.
  6. Noun.  (obsolete) A member of one's family or household.
  7. Noun.  (obsolete) A close friend.
  8. Noun.  An attendant spirit often in animal form.

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