companions

[com·pan·ion]

A companion is one who serves as a friend or partner in something. Whether it’s travel or dinner or card playing, your companion is the one who does it with 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.

Noun
one paid to accompany or assist or live with another

Noun
a person who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"

Noun
a traveler who accompanies you

Verb
be a companion to somebody


n.
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.

n.
A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders; as, a companion of the Bath.

n.
A fellow; -- in contempt.

n.
A skylight on an upper deck with frames and sashes of various shapes, to admit light to a cabin or lower deck.

n.
A wooden hood or penthouse covering the companion way; a companion hatch.

v. t.
To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany.

v. t.
To qualify as a companion; to make equal.


Companion

Com*pan"ion , n. [F. compagnon, OF. compaing, fr. as assumed LL. companio (cf. companium fellowship, a mess), fr. L. com- + panis bread. See Pantry.] 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.
The companions of his fall.
The companion of fools shall smart for it.
Here are your sons again; and I must lose Two of the sweetest companions in the world.
A companion is one with whom we share our bread; a messmate.
2. A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders; as, a companion of the Bath. 3. A fellow; -- in contempt. [Obs.] Shak. 4. [Cf. OSp. compa'a4a an outhouse, office.] (Naut.) (a) A skylight on an upper deck with frames and sashes of various shapes, to admit light to a cabin or lower deck. (b) 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. 1. To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany. [R.] Ruskin. 2. To qualify as a companion; to make equal. [Obs.]
Companion me with my mistress.

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.

To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany.

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Usage Examples

I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.

God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly.

Beauty is but the sensible image of the Infinite. Like truth and justice it lives within us like virtue and the moral law it is a companion of the soul.

Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death.

Even when a person has all of life's comforts - good food, good shelter, a companion - he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation.

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Other Usage Examples

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

After spending time with the rescued turkeys at Farm Sanctuary's shelter and seeing how similar they are to my furry companion animals at home, I knew I needed to do everything in my power to protect these friendly and curious birds from the daily pain and suffering they endure on factory farms.

Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.

A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks.

If you have enthusiasm, you have a very dynamic, effective companion to travel with you on the road to Somewhere.

Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.

Choose a field that will supply sufficient remuneration to provide adequately for your companion and your children. I bear testimony that these criteria are very important in choosing your life's work.

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