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com·pan·ion1    Audio Help   [kuhm-pan-yuhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
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.
–verb (used with object)
8.to be a companion to; accompany.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME compainoun < AF; OF compaignon < LL compāniōn- (s. of compāniō) messmate, equiv. to com- com- + pān(is) bread + -iōn- -ion; presumably as trans. of a Gmc word; cf. Goth gahlaiba, OHG galeipo]

com·pan·ion·less, adjective

1. comrade, partner, mate. See acquaintance.
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com·pan·ion2    Audio Help   [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    Audio Help   (kəm-pān'yən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. A person who accompanies or associates with another; a comrade.
    2. A domestic partner.
  1. A person employed to assist, live with, or travel with another.
  2. One of a pair or set of things; a mate.

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    Audio Help   (kəm-pān'yən)  Pronunciation Key 
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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companion1 [kəmˈpӕnjən] noun
a person etc who accompanies another person as a friend etc
Example: She was his constant companion in his childhood.
Arabic: رَفيق
Chinese (Simplified): 同伴
Chinese (Traditional): 同伴
Czech: kamarád, společník
Danish: ledsager
Dutch: metgezel
Estonian: seltsiline
Finnish: kumppani, seuralainen
French: compagnon, compagne
German: der, *die Begleiter, *in
Greek: σύντροφος
Hungarian: társ
Icelandic: félagi
Indonesian: teman
Italian: compagno
Japanese: 仲間
Korean: 친구
Latvian: biedrs; pavadonis
Lithuanian: draugas, palydovas
Norwegian: ledsager, følgesvenn, kamerat, selskapsdame
Polish: towarzysz
Portuguese (Brazil): companheiro
Portuguese (Portugal): companheiro
Romanian: tovarăş
Russian: товарищ
Slovak: druh, -žka
Slovenian: tovariš
Spanish: compañero
Swedish: följeslagare, kamrat
Turkish: arkadaş
companion2 [kəmˈpӕnjən] noun
a helpful handbook on a particular subject
Example: The Gardening Companion.
Arabic: كِتاب، دَليل
Chinese (Simplified): 手册
Chinese (Traditional): 手冊
Czech: příručka, průvodce
Danish: håndbog; vejledning
Dutch: handboek
Estonian: käsiraamat
Finnish: käsikirja
French: manuel
German: das Handbuch
Greek: βοήθημα
Hungarian: kézikönyv
Icelandic: handbók, leiðbeiningabók
Indonesian: petunjuk
Italian: manuale
Japanese: 手引き書
Korean: 입문서, 지침서
Latvian: rokasgrāmata
Lithuanian: vadovas, žinynas
Norwegian: håndbok, veiledning
Polish: podręcznik
Portuguese (Brazil): guia
Portuguese (Portugal): guia
Romanian: manual
Russian: справочник
Slovak: príručka
Slovenian: priročnik
Spanish: guía, manual
Swedish: handbok
Turkish: el kitabı, …rehberi
See also: companionable, companionship

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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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