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Definition of Bedfellow
1. Noun. A temporary associate. "Politics makes strange bedfellows"
2. Noun. A person with whom you share a bed.
Definition of Bedfellow
1. n. One who lies with another in the same bed; a person who shares one's couch.
Definition of Bedfellow
1. Noun. One with whom one shares a bed. ¹
2. Noun. An associate, often an otherwise improbable one. ¹
3. Noun. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bedfellow
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bedfellow
Literary usage of Bedfellow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Roughing It by Mark Twain (2001)
"bright side; for after each day was done and our wolfish hunger appeased with a
hot supper of fried bacon, bread, mo- BALLOU'S bedfellow. lasses and black ..."
2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1892)
"... with the sheriff of Ayr, who slew the Earl of Cassillis, and now bedfellow to
the said King." The earl married Isabel Campbell, second daughter of ..."
3. A Journey to Central Africa; Or, Life and Landscapes from Egypt and the by Bayard Taylor (1885)
"... An unpleasant bedfellow—Comedy of the Crows—Gazelles—We encounter a Sandstorm—Tho
Mountain of Thirst—The Wells of ..."
4. The Doctor, &c by Robert Southey (1836)
"... a little infant that breeds its teeth, should it lie with thee, would cry out
as if thou wert the more unquiet bedfellow. ..."
5. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1884)
"This is illustrated by the constant use of the word " bedfellow " in old literature.
... bedfellow ..."
6. The Okavango River: A Narrative of Travel, Exploration and Adventure by Charles John Andersson (1861)
"Bivouac under a Tree, with the Wind for a bedfellow.—Description of a Werft.—All
the Chiefs of the Nation assemble to meet me. ..."
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