companion

UK /kəmˈpæn.jən/ US /kəmˈpæn.jən/
noun 5verb 2

Definitions

noun

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.

Heere are your Sonnes againe, and I muſt looſe / Two of the ſweet’ſt Companions in the World.

2

A person employed to accompany or travel with another.

3

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

4

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

5

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

verb

1

To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany.

we had better turn south quickly and compare the elements of education which formed , and of creation which companioned , Salvator .

2

To qualify as a companion; to make equal.

Finde me to marrie me with Octauius Cæſar, and companion me with my Miſtris.

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