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companion
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In health care and caregiving , a companion , sitter , or private duty may be a nursing assistant or similar professional who is hired to work with one patient (or occasionally two). Companions may be hired to work in a variety of settings, including nursing ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Companion \Com*pan"ion\ (k[o^]m*p[a^]n"y[u^]n), n. [F. compagnon, OF. compaing, fr. an assumed LL. companio (cf. companium fellowship, a mess), fr. L. com- + panis bread. See Pantry .] One who accompanies or is in company with another for a longer or shorter ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a person who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms" [syn: comrade , fellow , familiar , associate ] a traveler who accompanies you [syn: fellow traveler , fellow traveller ] one paid to accompany or assist ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1300, from Old French compagnon "fellow, mate, friend, partner" (12c.), from Late Latin companionem (nominative companio ), literally "bread fellow, messmate," from Latin com- "with" (see com- ) + panis "bread" (see food ).\n \nFound first in 6c. Frankish ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or keeps company 2 (context dated English) A person employed to accompany or travel with another. 3 (context nautical English) The framework on the quarterdeck of a sailing ship ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES boon companion drinking companion/buddy/partner etc COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE close ▪ This was the man whom Anselm chose as his closest companion on the strength of a meeting thirteen years earlier. ▪ Ingrid, ...
Usage examples of companion.
Then he produced from a flat silver box which he carried in his waistcoat pocket a number of thin brown sticks, which he offered to his companion.
He means for Abelia to stay on, a cross between a companion and a nanny.
Free of the city, out of doors and riding again, Adams felt a wave of relief from his cares and woes, even to the point of finding Edward Rutledge an acceptable companion.
On November 23, Adams bid her goodbye and started for Philadelphia, and again by public conveyance, John Briesler his sole companion.
Her companions were threaded along the trunk behind her, moving easily: the widow Philas apparently indifferent to her surroundings, Farr with his eyecups wide and staring, his mouth wide open and his chest straining at the thin Air, and dear old Adda at the back, his spear clasped before him, his good eye constantly sweeping the complex darkness around them.
Dura and Farr helping Adda, the three Human Beings made their way to Muub and his companions.
While Adonai grieved for His son, Blessed Elua wandered unheeded, aided only by his Companions.
Who are these angels, these Companions, to defy the will of Adonai and be worshipped as gods?
And I prayed, in that twilight, to the goddess Asherat, to Blessed Elua and his Companions, to Isis who knit the sundered pieces of her beloved Osiris, and to Adonai Himself, the One God of the Habiru.
And here he was, an advisor to the Imperial Governor, separated from his companions and lost in the hills.
The queen and ten of her beautiful young English aristocratic companions were to appear as blackamoors, an Aethiop Queen and the Daughters of Niger.
The tongue was low and liquid and entirely beautiful and enchanting, and she spoke, too, much with her eyes and with her graceful hands, as did her companions, for the tribe of Nu was not far removed from those earlier peoples, descended from the alalus who were speechless, and who preceded those who spoke by signs.
Such indeed was the fate of Radagaisus himself, of his brave and faithful companions, and of more than one third of the various multitude of Sueves and Vandals, of Alani and Burgundians, who adhered to the standard of their general.
The next day he girded up his loins and set out with two of his companions to proclaim to the inhabitants of Alca that a virgin alone would be able to deliver the Penguins from the rage of the dragon.
Beyond it, the bright yellow dot of Alpha Centauri Alif was partially eclipsed by its cooler companion.