meaning of companion
1. 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. A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders; as, a companion of the Bath.
3. A fellow; -- in contempt.
4. A skylight on an upper deck with frames and sashes of various shapes, to admit light to a cabin or lower deck.
5. A wooden hood or penthouse covering the companion way; a companion hatch.
6. To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany.
7. To qualify as a companion; to make equal.
8. one paid to accompany or assist or live with another
Related Words
companion | companionability | companionable | companionableness | companionate | companionless | companionship | companionway |
