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 Definitions of Companion  [əmˈpæn yən]  

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Definition of 'Companion' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) companion
a person who frequently associates with or accompanies another; comrade.

2.  companion
a person in a usu. long-term, intimate relationship with another person; partner.

3.  companion
a person employed to accompany, assist, or live with another as a helper.

4.  companion
a mate or match for something.

5.  companion
a handbook or guide.

6.  companion
a member of the lowest rank in an order of knighthood.

7.  companion
the fainter of the two stars that constitute a double star.

8.  companion
Obs. a scamp; scoundrel.

9. (v.t.) companion
to be a companion to.

10. (n.) companion
a covering over the top of a companionway.

Etymology:  (1755–65; alter. of D kampanje quarterdeck < F (chambre de la) compagne pantry of a galley)

Definition of 'Companion' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate
a friend who is frequently in the company of another
"drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"

2. (noun) companion, fellow traveler, fellow traveller
a traveler who accompanies you

3. (verb) companion
one paid to accompany or assist or live with another

4. (verb) company, companion, accompany, keep company
be a companion to somebody


Definition of 'Companion' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) companion
sb you spend a lot of time with
His dog was his constant companion.; my traveling companion


Definition of 'Companion' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Companion
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

2. (noun) Companion
a knight of the lowest rank in certain orders; as, a companion of the Bath

3. (noun) Companion
a fellow; -- in contempt

4. (noun) Companion
a skylight on an upper deck with frames and sashes of various shapes, to admit light to a cabin or lower deck

5. (noun) Companion
a wooden hood or penthouse covering the companion way; a companion hatch

6. (verb) Companion
to be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany

7. (verb) Companion
to qualify as a companion; to make equal


Translation of 'Companion' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a person etc who accompanies another person as a friend etc
She was his constant companion in his childhood.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: maat, kameraad Arabic flag Arabic: رَفيق Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: придружител
Brazilian flag Brazilian: companheiro Czech flag Czech: kamarád, společník German flag German: der/die Begleiter/in
Danish flag Danish: ledsager Greek flag Greek: σύντροφος Spanish flag Spanish: compañero
Estonian flag Estonian: seltsiline Farsi flag Farsi: رفیق؛ همدم Finnish flag Finnish: kumppani
French flag French: compagnon, compagne Hebrew flag Hebrew: מְלָווְה Hindi flag Hindi: साथी
Croatian flag Croatian: pratilac Hungarian flag Hungarian: társ Indonesian flag Indonesian: teman
Icelandic flag Icelandic: félagi Italian flag Italian: compagno Japanese flag Japanese: 仲間
Korean flag Korean:  Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: draugas, palydovas Latvian flag Latvian: biedrs; pavadonis
Malay flag Malay: teman Dutch flag Dutch: metgezel Norwegian flag Norwegian: ledsager, følgesvenn, kam
Polish flag Polish: towarzysz Persian flag Persian: رفیق؛ همدم Pashto flag Pashto: انډيوال، ملګرى ، مل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: companheiro Romanian flag Romanian: tovarăş Russian flag Russian: товарищ
Slovak flag Slovak: druh, -žka Slovenian flag Slovenian: tovariš Serbian flag Serbian: drugar
Swedish flag Swedish: följeslagare, kamrat Thai flag Thai: เพื่อน Turkish flag Turkish: arkadaş
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 同伴 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: товариш; супутник Urdu flag Urdu: ساتھی رفیق
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: bạn đồng hành Chinese flag Chinese: 同伴

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