Known to one, or generally known; commonplace.
There’s a familiar face; that tune sounds familiar.
Acquainted.
I'm quite familiar with this system; she's not familiar with manual gears.
An attendant spirit, often in animal or demon form.
The witch’s familiar was a black cat.
A member of one's family or household.
From Middle English familiar, familier, from Latin familiāris (“pertaining to servants; pertaining to the household”). By surface analysis, family + -ar. Piecewise doublet of familial. Displaced nativ...
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A member of a pope's or bishop's household.