bedfellow
Americannoun
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Also called bedmate. a person who shares one's bed.
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an associate or collaborator, especially one who forms a temporary alliance for reasons of expediency.
Politics makes strange bedfellows.
noun
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a person with whom one shares a bed
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a temporary ally or associate
Etymology
Origin of bedfellow
First recorded in 1400–50, bedfellow is from the late Middle English word bedfelow. See bed, fellow
Example Sentences
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Image: Tor.com Bedfellow by Jeremy C. Shipp When a strange man named Marvin appears in the Lund’s home, they’re initially terrified, but after he saves one of the family’s children, reality begins to shift.
From The Verge • Nov. 15, 2018
Go you wilde Bedfellow, you cannot Soothsay Char.
From Antony and Cleopatra by Shakespeare, William
Faugh! how he stinks of Tobacco! what a delicate Bedfellow I shou'd have!
From The Busie Body by Byrd, Jess
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