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com·pan·ion1 
[kuhm-pan-yuhn] Pronunciation Key
[kuhm-pan-yuhn] Pronunciation Key –noun
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | a person who is frequently in the company of, associates with, or accompanies another: my son and his two companions. |
| 2. | a person employed to accompany, assist, or live with another in the capacity of a helpful friend. |
| 3. | a mate or match for something: White wine is the usual companion of fish. |
| 4. | a handbook or guide: a bird watcher's companion. |
| 5. | a member of the lowest rank in an order of knighthood or of a grade in an order. |
| 6. | Also called companion star, comes. Astronomy. the fainter of the two stars that constitute a double star. Compare primary (def. 19b). |
| 7. | Obsolete. a fellow. |
| 8. | to be a companion to; accompany. |
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com·pan·ion2
[kuhm-pan-yuhn] Pronunciation Key
[kuhm-pan-yuhn] Pronunciation Key –noun Nautical.
| 1. | a covering over the top of a companionway. |
| 2. | a companionway. |
[Origin: 1755–65; alter. of D kampanje quarterdeck < F (chambre de la) compagne pantry of a medieval galley]
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| com·pan·ion 1
(kəm-pān'yən) Pronunciation Key
n.
tr.v. com·pan·ioned, com·pan·ion·ing, com·pan·ions To be a companion to; accompany. [Middle English compaignyon, from Old French compaignon, from Vulgar Latin *compāniō, *compāniōn- : Latin com-, com- + Latin pānis, bread; see pā- in Indo-European roots.] |
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| com·pan·ion 2
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n. Nautical A companionway. |
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companion
1297, from O.Fr. compaignon "fellow, mate," from L.L. companionem (nom. companio), lit. "bread fellow, messmate," from L. com- "with" + panis "bread." Found first in 6c. Frankish Lex Salica, and probably a translation of a Gmc. word (cf. Gothic gahlaiba "messmate," from hlaib "loaf of bread"). Replaced O.E. gefera "traveling companion," from faran "go, fare."
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| companion | |
noun | |
| 1. | a friend who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms" |
| 2. | a traveler who accompanies you |
| 3. | one paid to accompany or assist or live with another |
verb | |
| 1. | be a companion to somebody [syn: company] |
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Companion
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.
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Companion
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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