companion

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
companion1
noun
  • 1 a person with whom one spends time or travels.

    ■ a person employed to live with and assist someone old or unwell.

  • 2 each of a pair of things intended to complement or match each other.

    Brit. dated a piece of equipment containing several objects used in a particular activity.

  • 3 (Companion) a member of the lowest grade of certain orders of knighthood.
verb formal accompany.
– derivatives
companionship noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. compaignon, lit. ‘one who breaks bread with another’, based on L. com- ‘together with’ + panis ‘bread’.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
companion2
noun Nautical
  • 1 a covering over the hatchway leading to a companionway.

    archaic a raised frame with windows on the quarterdeck to allow light into the decks below.

  • 2 a companionway.
– origin C18: from obs. Du. kompanje (earlier form of kampanje) ‘quarterdeck’.
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