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English Dictionary: companion	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
companion n a friend who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms" Synonym(s): companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate a traveler who accompanies you Synonym(s): companion, fellow traveler, fellow traveller one paid to accompany or assist or live with another v be a companion to somebody [syn: company, companion, accompany, keep company]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Companion \Compan"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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Companion \Compan"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[a4]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.