Yong budding Virgin, faire, and freſh,& ſweet, / Whether away, or whether is thy aboade? / Happy the Parents of ſo faire a childe; / Happier the man whom fauourable ſtars / A lots thee for his louely bedfellow.
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Bedfellow
//ˈbɛdˌfɛloʊ//
Synonyms for "bedfellow" (69 found)
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Strong matches (21)
Related words (34)
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Translations
17 translations across 9 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- εὖνις noun (one with whom one shares a bed)
- ἄκοιτις noun (one with whom one shares a bed)
Dutch
1 entries- bedgenoot noun (one with whom one shares a bed)
Finnish
4 entries- aisapari noun (an associate, often an otherwise improbable one)
- petikaveri noun (one with whom one shares a bed)
- petikaveri noun (an associate, often an otherwise improbable one)
- vuodetoveri noun (one with whom one shares a bed)
German
2 entries- Bettgenosse noun (one with whom one shares a bed)
- Bettgenossin noun (one with whom one shares a bed)
Manx
1 entries- colhiabbagh noun (one with whom one shares a bed)
Middle English
2 entries- bedfelawe noun (one with whom one shares a bed)
- bedfelawe noun (an associate, often an otherwise improbable one)
Old English
2 entries- healsġebedda noun (one with whom one shares a bed)
- ġebedda noun (one with whom one shares a bed)
Scots
1 entries- neibour noun (one with whom one shares a bed)
Swedish
1 entries- sängkamrat noun (one with whom one shares a bed)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Car[azie]. / In the day I waite on my Lady when ſhe eates, / Carry her pantophles, beare vp her trayne / Sing her aſleepe at night, and when ſhe pleaſes / I am her bedfellow. / Gaz[et]. / How? her bedfellow, / And lye with her? / Car[azie]. / Yes, and lye with her.
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Therefore, grave mistresses of fate, I pray / That I may never live to see the day / When Zeus takes me for his bedfellow;
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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.
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