[k_ə_m_p_ˈa_n_iə_n], [kəmpˈani͡ən], [kəmpˈaniən]
Definitions of companion
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be a companion to somebody
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a person who is frequently in the company of another; " drinking companions"; " comrades in arms"
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one paid to accompany or assist or live with another
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a traveler who accompanies you
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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.
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A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders; as, a companion of the Bath.
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A fellow; -- in contempt.
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A skylight on an upper deck with frames and sashes of various shapes, to admit light to a cabin or lower deck.
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A wooden hood or penthouse covering the companion way; a companion hatch.
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To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany.
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To qualify as a companion; to make equal.
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A comrade; an associate or partner.
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To accompany; attend; companionway, the stairway leading from the deck to the cabin of a ship.
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Companionable.
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Companionableness.
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To accompany.
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One who keeps company or frequently associates with another: an associate or partner.
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COMPANIONSHIP.
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An associate; comrade.
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One who or that which accompanies; a comrade; associate.
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Attendant.
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One who keeps company or frequently associates with another; a comrade; one who accompanies another; an associate; a particular grade in an order of knighthood.
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A raised window- frame on the quarter- deck to admit light into the cabin; a sort of wooden porch placed over the entrance or staircase of the cabin in some ships. The companionway, the cabin stairs. The companion- ladder, the ladder by which officers ascend to and descend from the quarter- deck.
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One who goes with another habitually as a friend; an associate; a comrade.
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Usage examples for companion
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What kind of a woman do you want as a companion for your mother? – The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters by George Sand, Gustave Flaubert Translated by A.L. McKensie
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But her companion made no remark. – Hills of the Shatemuc by Susan Warner
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A son of Mr. Gentry's was his companion – Boys' and Girls' Biography of Abraham Lincoln by James H. Shaw
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To tell you the truth, Mrs Rimbolt, I don't think he is a safe companion for Percy at all. – A Dog with a Bad Name by Talbot Baines Reed
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And I am with them- as Mrs. Fielding's companion – The Obstacle Race by Ethel M. Dell
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An angry ill- pleased wife is no pleasant companion for a gentleman on a long evening. – Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope
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I'm sure he'll be a dear little dog and a great companion – Love of Brothers by Katharine Tynan
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I wish Bolter could be my companion and- there it was again." – One Maid's Mischief by George Manville Fenn
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Sydney's marriage would take from her her only companion and was an evil that the old lady recognized as necessary, but to be put off as long as possible. – A Tar-Heel Baron by Mabell Shippie Clarke Pelton
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Well, call her a companion – That Fortune by Charles Dudley Warner Last Updated: February 22, 2009
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They waited till Burnamy and his companion came in sight again. – Their Silver Wedding Journey by William Dean Howells
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Pete and his companion watched them for a while. – The Ridin' Kid from Powder River by Henry Herbert Knibbs
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My boy, my own, my beautiful companion is with me. – Falkland, Complete by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
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" It has been for many years my best friend and companion he said, in a low tone. – Queechy, Volume II by Elizabeth Wetherell
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His companion looking for the bishop's daughter, scarcely heard what he said. – The Mayor of Warwick by Herbert M. Hopkins
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Who is your crazy companion – The Dark Star by Robert W. Chambers
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Master, and my old companion Daddy Bob! – Our World, or, The Slaveholders Daughter by F. Colburn Adams
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" It is already done," said Romayne; " I have a new companion in Mr. Penrose." – The Black Robe by Wilkie Collins
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" Well, John," said my companion when we went in, " how are you getting on?" – Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine by Edwin Waugh
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I remarked this to my companion – Hurricane Hurry by W.H.G. Kingston