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companion

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noun (1)

com·​pan·​ion kəm-ˈpan-yən How to pronounce companion (audio)
plural companions
often attributive
1
: one that accompanies another : comrade, associate
traveling companions
also : one that keeps company with another
his longtime companion
2
obsolete : rascal
3
a
: one that is closely connected with something similar
The book is a companion to the television series with the same title.
b
: one employed to live with and serve another
We hired a companion for our elderly mother.
4
: a celestial body that appears close to another but that may or may not be associated with it in space
5
: a book, manual, etc., that provides information or advice about a particular subject
a companion to French New Wave cinema
used in titles
The Gardener's Companion

companion

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verb

companioned; companioning; companions

transitive verb

: accompany
Anne sat long at her window that night companioned by a glad content. Lucy Maud Montgomery

intransitive verb

: to keep company (see company entry 1 sense 1a)
fellows that he'd companioned with many years ago

companion

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noun (2)

1
: a hood covering at the top of a companionway
2

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History of Companion

You may be a companion to someone without eating with that person, but etymologically you are sharing a meal with them. The word companion ultimately comes from the Latin com- (“with”) and panis (“bread, food”). The ingestible aspect of this word is reminiscent of symposium, which may be traced to the Greek word sympinein, meaning “to drink together.” But just as you may be a companion to someone without eating, you may also attend a symposium without drinking.

Example Sentences

Verb movie heroes are often companioned by wisecracking sidekicks

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1) and Verb

Middle English compainoun, from Anglo-French cumpaing, cumpaignun, from Late Latin companion-, companio, from Latin com- + panis bread, food — more at food

Noun (2)

by folk etymology from Dutch kampanje poop deck

First Known Use

Noun (1)

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1622, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Noun (2)

1762, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of companion was in the 14th century

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