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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



... impossible to convey an idea by any discussion of its contents. In characterizing the man we have characterized the "Thoughts" as the commentary of personal experience on the virtues of fortitude, patience, piety, love, and trust. They have a history, and have been the chosen companion of many and very different men of note. Our own native Stoic, the latest, and, since Fichte, the best representative of that school, fed his youth at this fountain, and shows, in his earlier writings especially, the influence of his imperial predecessor. Mr. Long reminds us that this was one of ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 12, No. 72, October, 1863 • Various
... needs during the long exile.] Save to those who knew him intimately, his character was tinged with melancholy, and its impression was not lessened by the habitual gloom which his outward aspect wore. In the inner circle of his friends, he could indulge in a quaint humour, and was no unkindly companion. He was not the only one of Clarendon's contemporaries whose temperament was not proof against the depression born of the troubles of the time. Alike from the ungrudging admiration which Clarendon expresses for his life-long ...
— The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon V2 • Henry Craik
... supposed to be a jolly companion; now and again he stayed out all night, and to some extent led the life of a Bohemian; he would unbend at a supper-party. He went out to all appearance to a rehearsal at the Opera-Comique, and found himself in some unaccountable way at Dieppe, or Baden, or Saint-Germain; he gave ...
— A Prince of Bohemia • Honore de Balzac
... our red-bearded traveling companion as we shut the door again, "are only one degree better than Indians—a shade less depraved perhaps—a sight more dangerous. I sure do hate a Punjabi, but I don't love Greeks! The natives call 'em bwana masikini to their faces—that ...
— The Ivory Trail • Talbot Mundy
... end be? They must eventually expiate their sin through suffering. The sin which one has made his bosom companion, comes back to him at last with accelerated force; for the evil knoweth its time is short. Here the Scriptures declare that evil is temporal, not eternal. The dragon is at last stung to death by his own malice; but how many periods of self-torture it may take to remove all sin and ...
— Pulpit and Press (6th Edition) • Mary Baker Eddy


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