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companion
1[ kuhm-pan-yuhn ]
noun
- a person who is frequently in the company of, associates with, or accompanies another:
my son and his two companions.
- a person employed to accompany, assist, or live with another in the capacity of a helpful friend.
- a mate or match for something:
White wine is the usual companion of fish.
- a handbook or guide:
a bird watcher's companion.
- a member of the lowest rank in an order of knighthood or of a grade in an order.
- Also called companion star, comes. Astronomy. the fainter of the two stars that constitute a double star. Compare primary ( def 19b ).
- Obsolete. a fellow.
verb (used with object)
- to be a companion to; accompany.
companion
2[ kuhm-pan-yuhn ]
noun
- a covering over the top of a companionway.
- a companionway.
companion
1/ kəmˈpænjən /
noun
- nautical
- a raised frame on an upper deck with windows to give light to the deck below
- ( as modifier )
a companion ladder
companion
2/ kəmˈpænjən /
noun
- a person who is an associate of another or others; comrade
- (esp formerly) an employee, usually a woman, who provides company for an employer, esp an elderly woman
- one of a pair; match
- ( as modifier )
a companion volume
- a guidebook or handbook
- a member of the lowest rank of any of certain orders of knighthood
- astronomy the fainter of the two components of a double star
verb
- tr to accompany or be a companion to
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Derived Forms
- comˈpanionless, adjective
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Other Words From
- com·panion·less adjective
- uncom·panioned adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of companion1
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Example Sentences
But she soldiered on to the end, a loving and faithful companion in victory and defeat.
We continuously pause to pull them out while Zalwar Khan and his companion smirk at us and chew unbothered.
He meets his current companion, Sandra Lee, at a party in the Hamptons.
She claims to be bowled over by a genuine attraction to another older companion.
The device is plugged into the wall and the companion smartphone app instructs the device when to start recording.
The bear laughed and joined his companion, and the torpedo thundered away.
She took the fan from Madame Ratignolle and began to fan both herself and her companion.
A friend and companion meeting together in season, but above them both is a wife with her husband.
I was thinking of any thing but the Virgin, or the window, or the light; I was thinking of my companion—so fair, and so devout.
There is a companion who condoleth with his friend for his belly's sake, and he will take up a shield against the enemy.
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