famil’yar.

Pertaining to a family; domestic.

Accustomed by frequent converse; well acquainted with; intimate; close; as a familiar friend or companion.

Affable; not formal or distant; easy in conversation. Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.

Well acquainted with; knowing by frequent use. Be familiar with the scriptures.

Well known; learned or well understood by frequent use. Let the scriptures be familiar to us.

Unceremonious; free; unconstrained; easy. The emperor conversed with the gentleman in the most familiar manner.

Common; frequent and intimate. By familiar intercourse, strong attachments are soon formed.' .

Easy; unconstrained; not formal. His letters are written in a familiar style. He sports in loose familiar strains.

Intimate in an unlawful degree. A poor man found a priest familiar with his wife.

An intimate; a close companion; one long acquainted; one accustomed to another by free, unreserved converse. All my familiars watched for my halting. Jeremiah 20:10.

Ademon or evil spirit supposed to attend at a call. But in general we say, a familiar spirit.

In the court of Inquisition, a person who assists in apprehending and imprisoning the accused.