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Companion   /kəmpˈænjən/   Listen
noun
Companion  n.  
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." "The companion of fools shall smart for it." "Here are your sons again; and I must lose Two of the sweetest companions in the world." "A companion is one with whom we share our bread; a messmate."
2.
A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders; as, a companion of the Bath.
3.
A fellow; in contempt. (Obs.)
4.
(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.
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.
Synonyms: Associate; comrade; mate; compeer; partner; ally; confederate; coadjutor; accomplice.


verb
Companion  v. t.  
1.
To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany. (R.)
2.
To qualify as a companion; to make equal. (Obs.) "Companion me with my mistress."





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"Companion" Quotes from Famous Books



... curve from the bow and stern toward the waist. The bulwarks are high, and are surmounted by a paneled monkey-rail; the belaying-pins in the plank-shear are of lignum-vitae and mahogany, and upon them the rigging is laid up in accurate and graceful coils. The balustrade around the cabin companion-way and sky-light is made of polished brass, the wheel is inlaid with brass, and the capstan-head, the gangway-stanchions, and bucket-hoops are of the same glittering metal. Forward of the main hatchway the long-boat stands in its chocks, covered over with a roof, and a good-natured ...
— Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 • Various
... thoughts of returning thither give him as much disquiet as his young heart was capable of conceiving.—The parting from Delia was terrible to him, and the nearer the cruel moment approached, the more his anxiety increased.—She seemed also grieved to lose so agreeable a companion, and would often tell him she wished he was to stay as long ...
— Life's Progress Through The Passions - Or, The Adventures of Natura • Eliza Fowler Haywood
... enough, Mr. Paget," returned the girl. "Good-morning," and she touched her companion ...
— The Young Bridge-Tender - or, Ralph Nelson's Upward Struggle • Arthur M. Winfield
... Barnabas.] The difference of opinion about St. Mark soon after separated the two Apostles, whose labours amongst the heathen had been till now carried on together, and St. Paul began his missionary travels without an Apostolic companion[17]. He went first through Syria and his native country Cilicia, {37} "confirming" the baptized, and then to the scene of his first contact with actual heathendom at Derbe and Lystra. St. Paul's course of conduct with regard to the circumcision of St. Timothy, ...
— A Key to the Knowledge of Church History (Ancient) • John Henry Blunt
... tooth for the world, because it would hurt one so! How he admires the rooks and the green grass on the graves, because the children do!—Sister," he continued aloud, "I am sorry to deprive you of your companion; but it is absolutely necessary that Mr Walcot and I should have some conversation together immediately. The children will go home with you; and we ...
— Deerbrook • Harriet Martineau


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