bedfellow

A noun with two distinct meanings: a temporary associate or partner in a particular activity, or a person with whom one shares a bed.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant soit un allié temporaire ou un partenaire dans une activité donnée, soit une personne avec qui l'on partage un lit.

1. Temporary associate C1 formal political

   A person or group that forms a temporary alliance or partnership with another, often for political or strategic reasons.

   • The two parties were unlikely bedfellows in the coalition government.
   • In business, strange bedfellows often emerge during a merger.
   • The activists and the corporation became temporary bedfellows to pass the new law.

   🇫🇷Compagnon temporaire

   Synonymes: allyassociatecohortcollaboratorconfederatepartner

2. Bed partner B2 informal

   A person with whom one shares a bed, typically a spouse or romantic partner.

   • My bedfellow snores loudly every night.
   • They have been bedfellows for over twenty years.
   • A good bedfellow is hard to find.

   🇫🇷compagnon de lit

• bedfellows plural form
• bedfellows' possessive plural form
• bedfellow's possessive singular form