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Definitions bedfellow noun  One with whom one shares a bed. 1599 Young budding virgin, fair and fresh and sweet, Whither away, or where is thy abode? Happy the parents of so fair a child; Happier the man whom favourable stars Allot thee for his lovely bed-fellow. :" Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, s:The_Taming_of_the_Shrew SCENE_V._A_public_road, Act 4, Scene 5. An associate, often an otherwise improbable one. 1873 They say that "misfortune makes men acquainted with strange bedfellows". The old hereditary Whig Cabinet ministers must, no doubt, by this time have learned to feel themselves at home with strange neighbours at their elbows. " Anthony Trollope, Phineas Redux, http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=surround&offset=634187713&tag=Trollope,+Anthony:+Phineas+Redux,+1873&query=strange+bedfellows&id=TroRedu Chapter 40. Etymology: bed + fellow Supplemental Details:Sponsor an extended definition for bedfellow for as little as $10 per month. Click here to contact us.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550100250500 results per page. Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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