Crossword clues for companion
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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.]
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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.
The companions of his fall.
--Milton.The companion of fools shall smart for it.
--Prov. xiii. 20 (Rev. Ver.).Here are your sons again; and I must lose Two of the sweetest companions in the world.
--Shak.A companion is one with whom we share our bread; a messmate.
--Trench. A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders; as, a companion of the Bath.
A fellow; -- in contempt. [Obs.]
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[Cf. OSp. compa[~n]a an outhouse, office.] (Naut.)
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.
Companion hatch (Naut.), a wooden porch over the entrance or staircase of the cabin.
Companion ladder (Naut.), the ladder by which officers ascend to, or descend from, the quarter-deck.
--Totten.Companion way (Naut.), a staircase leading to the cabin.
Knights companions, in certain honorary orders, the members of the lowest grades as distinguished from knights commanders, knights grand cross, and the like.
Syn: Associate; comrade; mate; compeer; partner; ally; confederate; coadjutor; accomplice.
Companion \Com*pan"ion\, v. t.
To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany. [R.]
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To qualify as a companion; to make equal. [Obs.]
Companion me with my mistress.
--Shak.
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 Lex Salica, and probably a translation of a Germanic word (compare Gothic gahlaiba "messmate," from hlaib "loaf of bread"). Replaced Old English gefera "traveling companion," from faran "go, fare."
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 through which daylight entered the cabins below. 4 (context nautical English) The covering of a hatchway on an upper deck which leads to the companionway; the stairs themselves. 5 (context topology English) A knot in whose neighborhood another, specified knot meets every meridian disk. 6 (context figuratively English) A thing or phenomenon that is closely associated with another thing, phenomenon, or person. 7 (context astronomy English) A celestial object that is associated with another. 8 A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders. 9 (context obsolete derogatory English) A fellow; a rogue. vb. 1 (context obsolete English) To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany. 2 (context obsolete English) To qualify as a companion; to make equal.
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 or live with another
v. be a companion to somebody [syn: company, accompany, keep company]
Wikipedia
Companion may refer to:
- A friend or acquaintance you associate yourself with
- Companion (caregiving), a nurse assistant or similar professional who assists a patient one-on-one
- Companion (ship), an architectural feature of ships
- Companion animal, a pet animal kept for companionship
- Companion parrot, a pet parrot that interacts with its owner
- Companion matrix, a matrix with a specific relation to its characteristic polynomial p
- "Companion series", synonymous term to describe a sister show in television
- Companion star, a star in a binary star system
- Companion weapon, an object held in the non-sword hand while fencing
- Muhammad's companions, the Sahaba
- Companion cavalry, Alexander the Great's elite cavalry
- Foot Companion, the primary type of soldier in Alexander the Great's army
- Lady's companion, a genteel woman who acted as a companion for woman of rank or wealth
- Sober companion, an addiction treatment coach
- Companion planting, planting of different crops in close physical proximity
- A handbook or guide book or compendium e.g. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion or The Oxford Companion to Music
- A member of a Holy Royal Arch chapter
- A domestic partner
- A concubine
- A common rank within many state-awarded orders
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 homes, assisted living facilities, hospitals, and private homes, and their duties range from advanced medical care to simple companionship and observation.
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. They provide the lens through which the viewer is introduced to the series. The companion character often 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.
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.