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Definitions for companion
kəmˈpæn yəncom·pan·ion

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Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate(noun)
a friend who is frequently in the company of another
"drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"
companion, fellow traveler, fellow traveller(noun)
a traveler who accompanies you
companion(verb)
one paid to accompany or assist or live with another
company, companion, accompany, keep company(verb)
be a companion to somebody

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

companion(Noun)
A friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or keeps company
His dog has been his trusted companion for the last five years.
Etymology: From companion, from compaignon, from (nominative singular companio), from (literally, with + bread), a word first attested in the Lex Salica as a translation of a word, probably Old *, from * + *. Compare also galeipo, 033203300337033B0330033903310330. More at co-, loaf.
companion(Noun)
A person employed to accompany or travel with another.
Etymology: From companion, from compaignon, from (nominative singular companio), from (literally, with + bread), a word first attested in the Lex Salica as a translation of a word, probably Old *, from * + *. Compare also galeipo, 033203300337033B0330033903310330. More at co-, loaf.
companion(Noun)
The framework on the quarterdeck of a sailing ship through which daylight entered the cabins below.
Etymology: From companion, from compaignon, from (nominative singular companio), from (literally, with + bread), a word first attested in the Lex Salica as a translation of a word, probably Old *, from * + *. Compare also galeipo, 033203300337033B0330033903310330. More at co-, loaf.
companion(Noun)
The covering of a hatchway on an upper deck which leads to the companionway; the stairs themselves.
Etymology: From companion, from compaignon, from (nominative singular companio), from (literally, with + bread), a word first attested in the Lex Salica as a translation of a word, probably Old *, from * + *. Compare also galeipo, 033203300337033B0330033903310330. More at co-, loaf.
companion(Noun)
A knot in whose neighborhood another, specified, knot meets every meridian disk.
Etymology: From companion, from compaignon, from (nominative singular companio), from (literally, with + bread), a word first attested in the Lex Salica as a translation of a word, probably Old *, from * + *. Compare also galeipo, 033203300337033B0330033903310330. More at co-, loaf.
companion(Noun)
A thing or phenomenon that is closely associated with another thing, phenomenon, or person.
Etymology: From companion, from compaignon, from (nominative singular companio), from (literally, with + bread), a word first attested in the Lex Salica as a translation of a word, probably Old *, from * + *. Compare also galeipo, 033203300337033B0330033903310330. More at co-, loaf.
companion(Noun)
A celestial object that is associated with another.
Etymology: From companion, from compaignon, from (nominative singular companio), from (literally, with + bread), a word first attested in the Lex Salica as a translation of a word, probably Old *, from * + *. Compare also galeipo, 033203300337033B0330033903310330. More at co-, loaf.
companion(Verb)
To qualify as a companion; to make equal.
Etymology: From companion, from compaignon, from (nominative singular companio), from (literally, with + bread), a word first attested in the Lex Salica as a translation of a word, probably Old *, from * + *. Compare also galeipo, 033203300337033B0330033903310330. More at co-, loaf.

Webster Dictionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

Companion(noun)
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
Companion(noun)
a knight of the lowest rank in certain orders; as, a companion of the Bath
Companion(noun)
a fellow; -- in contempt
Companion(noun)
a skylight on an upper deck with frames and sashes of various shapes, to admit light to a cabin or lower deck
Companion(noun)
a wooden hood or penthouse covering the companion way; a companion hatch
Companion(verb)
to be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany
Companion(verb)
to qualify as a companion; to make equal

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Companion
In the long-running BBC television science fiction programme Doctor Who and related works, the term "companion" refers to a character who travels with, or shares the adventures of the Doctor. In most Doctor Who stories, the primary companion acts as an audience surrogate. He or she provides the lens through which the viewer is introduced to the series. The companion character, many times, furthers the story by asking questions and getting into trouble, or by helping, rescuing or challenging the Doctor. This designation is applied to a character by the show's producers, and appears in the BBC's promotional material and off-screen fictional terminology. Until the modern revival of the series in 2005, the term was rarely used on-screen. The Doctor also refers to the show's other leads as his "friends" or "assistants"; the British press have also used the latter term.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

Companion
kom-pan′yun, n. one who keeps company or frequently associates with another: an associate or partner: a higher rank of servant, who, though receiving pay, stands rather in the relation of a friend: fellow, in a bad sense.—v.t. to accompany.—adj. of the nature of a companion: accompanying.—adjs. Compan′iable (obs.), sociable; Compan′ionable, fit to be a companion: agreeable.—n. Compan′ionableness.—adv. Compan′ionably.—adj. Compan′ioned, having a companion.—ns. Compan′ionhood, Compan′ionary.—adj. Compan′ionless, without a companion.—n. Compan′ionship. [Fr. compagnon, from Low L. companium, a mess—L. com, with, and panis, bread.]
Companion
kom-pan′yun, n. (naut.) the skylight or window-frame through which light passes to a lower deck or cabin: companion-ladder.—ns. Compan′ion-ladd′er, the ladder or stair leading from the deck to the officers' cabin; Compan′ion-way, a staircase from the deck to a cabin. [Cf. Dut. kompanje; O. Fr. compagne; It. compagne.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

companion
The framing and sash-lights upon the quarter-deck or round-house, through which light passes to the cabins and decks below; and a sort of wooden hood placed over the entrance or staircase of the master's cabin in small ships. Flush-decked vessels are generally fitted with movable companions, to keep the rain or water from descending, which are unshipped when the capstan is required.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

companion
A person we share time with and love their company.
My dad has a companion, he's like a good friend, they visit places together and love each other's company,
Submitted by MaryC on April 11, 2020

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Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'companion' in Nouns Frequency: #1571

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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of companion in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of companion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of companion in a Sentence

Louis Aragon:
There exists a black kingdom which the eyes of man avoid because its landscape fails signally to flatter them. This darkness, which he imagines he can dispense with in describing the light, is error with its unknown characteristics. Error is certainty's constant companion. Error is the corollary of evidence. And anything said about truth may equally well be said about error: the delusion will be no greater.
Francis Marion:
Well, now, this is exactly my case. I am in love; and my sweetheart is LIBERTY. Be that heavenly nymph my companion, and these wilds and .Woods shall have charms beyond London and Paris in slavery. To have no proud monarch driving over me with his gilt coaches; nor his host of excise-men and tax-gatherers insulting and robbing me ; but to be my own master, my own prince and sovereign, gloriously preserving my national dignity, and 'pursuing my true happiness; planting my vineyards, and eating their lucious fruits; and sowing my fields, and reaping the golden grain: and seeing millions of ‘brothers all around me, equally free and happy as myself. “This, sir, is What I long for.” p. 155 ... On his return to Georgetown, he was asked by colonel Watson, why he looked so serious? I have cause, sir,” said he, “to look serious.” Watson What! has general Marion refused to treat?” No, sir.” “Well, then, has old Washington defeated sir Henery Clinton, and broke up our army ? No, sir, not that neither ; but worse.” “Ah! what can be worse?” Why, sir, I have seen an American general and his officers, without pay, and almost without clothes, living on roots and drinking water ; and all for LIBERTY! What chance have we against such men!” It is said colonel Watson was not much obliged to him for this speech. But the young ofiicer was so struck with Marion’s sentiments, that he never rested until he threw up his commission, and retired from the service. ' p 156
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu:
There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of youth, those sanguine groundless hopes, and that lively vanity which makes all the happiness of life.
Jessica Perez:
She's my friend, my companion. She's with me at home, at the office and people who know me know that I'm her fan.
Eugène Delacroix:
I live in company with a body, a silent companion, exacting and eternal. He it is who notes that individuality which is the seal of the weakness of our race. My soul has wings, but the brutal jailer is strict.