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BEDFELLOW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bedfellow mean?
• BEDFELLOW (noun)
The noun BEDFELLOW has 2 senses:
1. a temporary associate
2. a person with whom you share a bed
Familiarity information: BEDFELLOW used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A temporary associate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context example:
politics makes strange bedfellows
Hypernyms ("bedfellow" is a kind of...):
associate (a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person with whom you share a bed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("bedfellow" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
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