companion

companion
companion1
companionless, adj.
/keuhm pan"yeuhn/, n.
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. Astron. the fainter of the two stars that constitute a double star. Cf. primary (def. 19b).
7. Obs. a fellow.
v.t.
8. to be a companion to; accompany.
[1250-1300; ME compainoun < AF; OF compaignon < LL companion- (s. of companio) messmate, equiv. to com- COM- + pan(is) bread + -ion- -ION; presumably as trans. of a Gmc word; cf. Goth gahlaiba, OHG galeipo]
Syn. 1. comrade, partner, mate. See acquaintance.
companion2
/keuhm pan"yeuhn/, n. Naut.
1. a covering over the top of a companionway.
2. a companionway.
[1755-65; alter. of D kampanje quarterdeck < F (chambre de la) compagne pantry of a medieval galley]

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