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companion
English
Etymology
From Middle English companion, from Old French compaignon (“companion”) (modern French compagnon), from Late Latin comp?ni?n- (nominative singular comp?ni?, whence French copain), from com- +? p?nis (literally, with + bread), a word first attested in the Frankish Lex Salica as a calque of a Germanic word, probably Frankish *galaibo, *gahlaib? (“messmate”, literally “with-bread”), from Proto-Germanic *gahlaibô. Compare also Old High German galeipo (“messmate”) and Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (gahlaiba, “messmate”); and, for the semantics, compare Old Armenian ????? (?nker, “friend”, literally “messmate”). More at co-, loaf. Displaced native Old English ?ef?ra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?m?pænj?n/
- Hyphenation: com?pan?ion
Noun
companion (plural companions)
- A friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or accompanies
- 2017 September 27, David Browne, "Hugh Hefner, 'Playboy' Founder, Dead at 91," Rolling Stone
- For the most part, Hefner's female companions all adhered to the same mold: twentysomething, bosomy and blonde. "Well, I guess I know what I like," he once said when asked about his preferences.
- 2017 September 27, David Browne, "Hugh Hefner, 'Playboy' Founder, Dead at 91," Rolling Stone
- (dated) A person employed to accompany or travel with another.
- (nautical) The framework on the quarterdeck of a sailing ship through which daylight entered the cabins below.
- (nautical) The covering of a hatchway on an upper deck which leads to the companionway; the stairs themselves.
- (topology) A knot in whose neighborhood another, specified knot meets every meridian disk.
- (figuratively) A thing or phenomenon that is closely associated with another thing, phenomenon, or person.
- (attributive) An appended source of media or information, designed to be used in conjunction with and to enhance the main material.
- (astronomy) A celestial object that is associated with another.
- A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders.
- (obsolete, derogatory) A fellow; a rogue.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, III. i. 111:
- and let us knog our / prains together to be revenge on this same scald, scurvy, / cogging companion,
- 1599, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, III. i. 111:
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:friend
Derived terms
Related terms
- accompany, accompanying
- company
Translations
Verb
companion (third-person singular simple present companions, present participle companioning, simple past and past participle companioned)
- (obsolete) To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany.
- 1865, John Ruskin, Precious Thoughts
- we had better turn south quickly and compare the elements of education which formed , and of creation which companioned , Salvator .
- 1865, John Ruskin, Precious Thoughts
- (obsolete) To qualify as a companion; to make equal.
Romanian
Etymology
From French compagnon.
Noun
companion m (plural companioni)
- companion
Declension
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bedfellow
English
Etymology
From Middle English bedfelawe, equivalent to bed +? fellow.
Noun
bedfellow (plural bedfellows)
- One with whom one shares a bed.
- Synonym: bedmate
- (by extension) An associate, often an otherwise improbable one.
Derived terms
- strange bedfellows
Translations
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