COMPANION

companion

(noun) one paid to accompany or assist or live with another

companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate

(noun) a friend who is frequently in the company of another; “drinking companions”; “comrades in arms”

companion, fellow traveler, fellow traveller

(noun) a traveler who accompanies you

company, companion, accompany, keep company

(verb) be a companion to somebody

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

companion (plural companions)

A friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or keeps company

(dated) A person employed to accompany or travel with another.

(nautical) The framework on the quarterdeck of a sailing ship through which daylight entered the cabins below.

(nautical) The covering of a hatchway on an upper deck which leads to the companionway; the stairs themselves.

(topology) A knot in whose neighborhood another, specified knot meets every meridian disk.

(figuratively) A thing or phenomenon that is closely associated with another thing, phenomenon, or person.

(attributive) An appended source of media or information, designed to be used in conjunction with and to enhance the main material.

(astronomy) A celestial object that is associated with another.

A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders.

(obsolete, derogatory) A fellow; a rogue.

Synonyms

• See also friend

Verb

companion (third-person singular simple present companions, present participle companioning, simple past and past participle companioned)

(obsolete) To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany.

(obsolete) To qualify as a companion; to make equal.

Source: Wiktionary

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Com*pan"ion, n. Etym: [F. compagnon, OF. compaing, fr. as 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. Etym: [Cf. OSp. compaña 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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