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Companion
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- 1 A friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or accompanies
"His dog has been his trusted companion for the last five years."
- 2 one paid to accompany or assist or live with another wordnet
- 3 A person employed to accompany or travel with another. dated
- 4 a friend who is frequently in the company of another wordnet
- 5 The framework on the quarterdeck of a sailing ship through which daylight entered the cabins below.
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- 6 a traveler who accompanies you wordnet
- 7 The covering of a hatchway on an upper deck which leads to the companionway; the stairs themselves.
- 8 A knot in whose neighborhood another, specified knot meets every meridian disk.
- 9 A thing or phenomenon that is closely associated with another thing, phenomenon, or person. figuratively
- 10 An appended source of media or information, designed to be used in conjunction with and to enhance the main material. attributive
"The companion guide gives an in-depth analysis of this particular translation."
- 11 A celestial object that is associated with another.
- 12 A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders.
"a companion of the Bath"
- 13 A fellow; a rogue. derogatory, obsolete
"[L]et vs knog our praines together to be reuenge on this ſame ſcall ſcuruy-cogging-companion the Hoſt of the Garter."
- 1 To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany. obsolete
"we had better turn south quickly and compare the elements of education which formed , and of creation which companioned , Salvator ."
- 2 be a companion to somebody wordnet
- 3 To qualify as a companion; to make equal. obsolete
"Finde me to marrie me with Octauius Cæſar, and companion me with my Miſtris."
Etymology
From Middle English companion, from Old French compaignon (“companion”) (modern French compagnon), from Late Latin compāniōn- (nominative singular compāniō, whence French copain), from com- + pānis (literally, with + bread), a word first attested in the Frankish Lex Salica as a calque of a Germanic word, probably Frankish *galaibo, *gahlaibō (“messmate”, literally “with-bread”), from Proto-Germanic *gahlaibô. Compare also Old High German galeipo (“messmate”) and Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌰 (gahlaiba, “messmate”); and, for the semantics, compare Old Armenian ընկեր (ənker, “friend”, literally “messmate”). More at co-, loaf. Displaced native Old English ġefēra (literally “fellow traveler”). Compare company and mate.
From Middle English companion, from Old French compaignon (“companion”) (modern French compagnon), from Late Latin compāniōn- (nominative singular compāniō, whence French copain), from com- + pānis (literally, with + bread), a word first attested in the Frankish Lex Salica as a calque of a Germanic word, probably Frankish *galaibo, *gahlaibō (“messmate”, literally “with-bread”), from Proto-Germanic *gahlaibô. Compare also Old High German galeipo (“messmate”) and Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌰 (gahlaiba, “messmate”); and, for the semantics, compare Old Armenian ընկեր (ənker, “friend”, literally “messmate”). More at co-, loaf. Displaced native Old English ġefēra (literally “fellow traveler”). Compare company and mate.
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