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Companion Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Companion? [n] one paid to accompany or assist or live with another [n] a person who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms" [n] a traveler who accompanies you [v] be a companion to somebody Synonyms \| Synonyms for Companion: accompany \| associate \| company \| comrade \| familiar \| fellow \| fellow traveler \| fellow traveller \| keep company Related Terms \| Find terms related to Companion: abigail \| accompanier \| accompanist \| accompanyist \| ace \| adjunct \| ally \| alter ego \| amah \| amiable \| amigo \| analogon \| analogue \| associate \| attend \| attendant \| au pair girl \| ayah \| bachelor \| back \| back stairs \| balance rudder \| banneret \| baronet \| batten \| Bayard \| beak \| beakhead \| beam \| bear \| bedfellow \| bedmate \| betweenmaid \| biddy \| bilge keelson \| bitt \| board \| bodyguard \| bollard \| bollard timber \| bosom buddy \| bow \| bracket plate \| bridge \| bring \| brother \| brother-in-arms \| buddy \| bulkhead \| bulwarks \| bunkie \| bunkmate \| butty \| caballero \| cam cleat \| camarade \| capstan \| carling \| carry \| casemate \| cathead \| cavalier \| ceiling \| centerboard \| chamberfellow \| chambermaid \| chaperon \| chaperone \| chevalier \| chum \| classmate \| cleat \| close copy \| close match \| coadjutor \| cognate \| cohort \| colleague \| comate \| companion \| companion piece \| companionable \| companionway \| company \| compatriot \| compeer \| complacent \| complement \| comrade \| concomitant \| conduct \| conductor \| confederate \| confrere \| congenator \| congener \| conning tower \| consociate \| consort \| consort with \| convivial \| convoy \| cook \| coordinate \| copartner \| copy \| correlate \| correlative \| correspondent \| counter \| counterpart \| crony \| cutwater \| daggerboard \| davit \| dead ringer \| deadwood \| Don Quixote \| double \| duenna \| duplicate \| effigy \| enchiridion \| entrance \| equivalent \| escalier \| escort \| esquire \| exact likeness \| fantail \| fellow \| fellow member \| fellow student \| fellow traveler \| femme de chambre \| figurehead \| fille de chambre \| fire escape \| flight of steps \| forefoot \| foresheets \| foretop \| frame \| freeboard \| futtock \| gangplank \| gangway \| garboard strake \| Gawain \| gentlewoman \| girl \| girl friend \| good-natured \| gossip \| guard \| gudgeon \| guide \| gunnel \| gunwale \| handbook \| handmaid \| handmaiden \| hatch \| hatchway \| hawse \| hawse timber \| hawsehole \| hawsepiece \| hawsepipe \| head \| heel \| hired girl \| housemaid \| icon \| idol \| image \| incline \| island \| keel \| keel and keelson \| keelson \| kevel \| kindred spirit \| kitchenmaid \| knee \| knight \| knight bachelor \| knight banneret \| knight baronet \| knight-errant \| lady-help \| lady-in-waiting \| Lancelot \| landing \| landing stage \| larboard \| lee \| lee side \| leeward \| like \| likeness \| live-in maid \| live-out maid \| living image \| living picture \| maid \| maidservant \| maintop \| manual \| match \| mate \| messmate \| miniature \| mirroring \| mizzentop \| model \| near duplicate \| nose \| nursemaid \| obverse \| old crony \| paddle wheel \| pal \| parallel \| pard \| pardner \| parlormaid \| partner \| pendant \| perron \| photograph \| picture \| pintle \| planking \| playfellow \| playmate \| poop \| port \| porthole \| portrait \| portside \| post \| propeller \| prow \| pulpit \| rail \| ramp \| reciprocal \| reference book \| reflection \| resemblance \| rib \| Ritter \| roommate \| rubbing \| rubrail \| rudder \| rudderpost \| rudderstock \| run \| running mate \| safe-conduct \| schoolfellow \| schoolmate \| scullery maid \| scupper \| scuttle \| scuttlebutt \| second self \| semblance \| servant girl \| servitress \| shadow \| shaft tunnel \| sheave hole \| sheer strake \| sheets \| shelf \| shelfpiece \| shepherd \| shipmate \| side partner \| sidekick \| Sidney \| similitude \| simulacrum \| Sir Galahad \| sister \| skeg \| snorkel \| sociable \| soubrette \| soul mate \| spiral staircase \| spit and image \| spitting image \| squire \| staircase \| stairs \| stairway \| stanchion \| starboard \| stem \| stepping-stones \| steps \| stern \| stile \| strake \| such \| suchlike \| superstructure \| swain \| tail end \| tally \| teammate \| the like of \| the likes of \| tiller \| trace \| tracing \| transom \| treads and risers \| truck \| tweeny \| twin \| upstairs maid \| usher \| very image \| very picture \| waiting maid \| waterline \| waterway \| weather \| weather side \| weatherboard \| wench \| wheel \| winch \| windlass \| windward \| workfellow \| yokefellow \| yokemate See Also \| affiliate \| associate \| assort \| attendant \| attender \| consort \| date \| escort \| friend \| playfellow \| playmate \| tender \| traveler \| traveller Companion In Webster's Dictionary \Compan"ion\, n. [F. compagnon, OF. compaing, fr. an assumed LL. companio (cf. companium fellowship, a mess), fr. L. com- + panis bread. See {Pantry}.] 1. One who accompanies or is in company with another for a longer or shorter period, either from choice or casually; one who is much in the company of, or is associated with, another or others; an associate; a comrade; a consort; a partner. The companions of his fall. --Milton. The companion of fools shall smart for it. --Prov. xiii. 20 (Rev. Ver.). Here are your sons again; and I must lose Two of the sweetest companions in the world. --Shak. A companion is one with whom we share our bread; a messmate. --Trench. 2. A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders; as, a companion of the Bath. 3. A fellow; -- in contempt. [Obs.] --Shak. 4. [Cf. OSp. compa[~n]a an outhouse, office.] (Naut.) (a) A skylight on an upper deck with frames and sashes of various shapes, to admit light to a cabin or lower deck. (b) A wooden hood or penthouse covering the companion way; a companion hatch. {Companion hatch} (Naut.), a wooden porch over the entrance or staircase of the cabin. {Companion ladder} (Naut.), the ladder by which officers ascend to, or descend from, the quarter-deck. --Totten. {Companion way} (Naut.), a staircase leading to the cabin. {Knights companions}, in certain honorary orders, the members of the lowest grades as distinguished from knights commanders, knights grand cross, and the like. Syn: Associate; comrade; mate; compeer; partner; ally; confederate; coadjutor; accomplice. \Compan"ion\, v. t. 1. To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany. [R.] --Ruskin. 2. To qualify as a companion; to make equal. [Obs.] Companion me with my mistress. --Shak.

Companion Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Companion?

[n] one paid to accompany or assist or live with another
[n] a person who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"
[n] a traveler who accompanies you
[v] be a companion to somebody

Companion In Webster's Dictionary

\Com*pan"ion\, n. [F. compagnon, OF. compaing, fr. an
assumed LL. companio (cf. companium fellowship, a mess), fr.
L. com- + panis bread. See {Pantry}.]
1. One who accompanies or is in company with another for a
   longer or shorter period, either from choice or casually;
   one who is much in the company of, or is associated with,
   another or others; an associate; a comrade; a consort; a
   partner.

         The companions of his fall.           --Milton.

         The companion of fools shall smart for it. --Prov.
                                               xiii. 20 (Rev.
                                               Ver.).

         Here are your sons again; and I must lose Two of the
         sweetest companions in the world.     --Shak.

         A companion is one with whom we share our bread; a
         messmate.                             --Trench.

2. A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders; as, a
   companion of the Bath.

3. A fellow; -- in contempt. [Obs.] --Shak.

4. [Cf. OSp. compa[~n]a an outhouse, office.] (Naut.)
   (a) A skylight on an upper deck with frames and sashes of
       various shapes, to admit light to a cabin or lower
       deck.
   (b) A wooden hood or penthouse covering the companion way;
       a companion hatch.

{Companion hatch} (Naut.), a wooden porch over the entrance
   or staircase of the cabin.

{Companion ladder} (Naut.), the ladder by which officers
   ascend to, or descend from, the quarter-deck. --Totten.

{Companion way} (Naut.), a staircase leading to the cabin.

{Knights companions}, in certain honorary orders, the members
   of the lowest grades as distinguished from knights
   commanders, knights grand cross, and the like.

Syn: Associate; comrade; mate; compeer; partner; ally;
     confederate; coadjutor; accomplice.


\Com*pan"ion\, v. t.
1. To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany. [R.]
   --Ruskin.

2. To qualify as a companion; to make equal. [Obs.]

         Companion me with my mistress.        --Shak.

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