i Register
In some senses, companion is marked as dated, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
noun
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.
A person employed to accompany or travel with another.
The framework on the quarterdeck of a sailing ship through which daylight entered the cabins below.
The covering of a hatchway on an upper deck which leads to the companionway; the stairs themselves.
A knot in whose neighborhood another, specified knot meets every meridian disk.
verb
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 .
To qualify as a companion; to make equal.
Finde me to marrie me with Octauius Cæſar, and companion me with my Miſtris.