companion

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a friend who is frequently in the company of another

   drinking companions

2. 2
   noun

   A friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or accompanies

   His dog has been his trusted companion for the last five years.

3. 3
   noun

   An appended source of media or information, designed to be used in conjunction with and to enhance the main material.

   The companion guide gives an in-depth analysis of this particular translation.

4. 4
   noun

   A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders.

   a companion of the Bath

5. 5
   noun

   A fellow; a rogue.

   [L]et vs knog our praines together to be reuenge on this ſame ſcall ſcuruy-cogging-companion the Hoſt of the Garter.

6. 6
   verb

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

   we had better turn south quickly and compare the elements of education which formed , and of creation which companioned , Salvator .

7. 7
   verb

   To qualify as a companion; to make equal.

   Finde me to marrie me with Octauius Cæſar, and companion me with my Miſtris.

8. 8
   noun

   one paid to accompany or assist or live with another

Etymology

From Middle English companion, from Old French compaignon (“companion”) (modern French compagnon), from Late Latin compāniōn- (nominative singular compāniō, whence French copain), from com- + pānis (literally, with + bread), a word first attested in the Frankish Lex Salica as a calque of a Germanic word, probably Frankish *galaibo, *gahlaibō (“messmate”, literally “with-bread”), from Proto-Germanic *gahlaibô. Compare also Old High German galeipo (“messmate”) and Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌰 (gahlaiba, “messmate”); and, for the semantics, compare Old Armenian ընկեր (ənker, “friend”, literally “messmate”). M…