bedfellow
Pronunciation: /ˈbɛdˌfɛloʊ/
The English word “bedfellow” has 2 meanings listed here.
noun
- One with whom one shares a bed.
- An associate, often an otherwise improbable one.
Etymology
From Middle English bedfelawe, equivalent to bed + fellow. Sense 2 "associate, especially improbable" is influenced by strange bedfellow and its allusion to Shakespeare's The Tempest.
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