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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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cohort
English
Etymology
From Latin cohors (stem cohort-); borrowed into Old English as coorta, but reintroduced into Middle English as c?hort and ch?ors via Old French cohorte. Doublet of court.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k??.h??(?)t/
- (US) IPA(key): /?ko??.h??t/
- Hyphenation: co?hort
Noun
cohort (plural cohorts)
- A group of people supporting the same thing or person.
- 1887 July, George John Romanes, Mental Differences of Men and Women, in Popular Science Monthly, Volume 31,
- Coyness and caprice have in consequence become a heritage of the sex, together with a cohort of allied weaknesses and petty deceits, that men have come to think venial, and even amiable, in women, but which they would not tolerate among themselves.
- 1919, Albert Payson Terhune, Lad: A Dog, Chapter VI: Lost!,
- A lost dog? — Yes. No succoring cohort surges to the relief. A gang of boys, perhaps, may give chase, but assuredly not in kindness.
- 1887 July, George John Romanes, Mental Differences of Men and Women, in Popular Science Monthly, Volume 31,
- (statistics) A demographic grouping of people, especially those in a defined age group, or having a common characteristic.
- The 18-24 cohort shows a sharp increase in automobile fatalities over the proximate age groupings.
- (historical, Ancient Rome, military) Any division of a Roman legion, normally of about 500 men.
- Three cohorts of men were assigned to the region.
- 1900, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Evelyn Shuckburgh (translator), Letters to Atticus, 5.20,
- But he lost the whole of his first cohort and the centurion of the first line, a man of high rank in his own class, Asinius Dento, and the other centurions of the same cohort, as well as a military tribune, Sext. Lucilius, son of T. Gavius Caepio, a man of wealth, and high position.
- 1913, Cornelius, article in Catholic Encyclopedia,
- The cohort in which he was centurion was probably the Cohors II Italica civium Romanorum, which a recently discovered inscription proves to have been stationed in Syria before A.D. 69.
- An accomplice; abettor; associate.
- He was able to plea down his sentence by revealing the names of three of his cohorts, as well as the source of the information.
- Any band or body of warriors.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost
- With him the cohort bright / Of watchful cherubim.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost
- (taxonomy) A natural group of orders of organisms, less comprehensive than a class.
- A colleague.
- A set of individuals in a program, especially when compared to previous sets of individuals within the same program.
- The students in my cohort for my organic chemistry class this year are not up to snuff. Last year's cohort scored much higher averages on the mid-term.
Meronyms
- (major unit of the Roman army): legion, maniple, century
Derived terms
- infracohort
- subcohort
- supercohort
Translations
Verb
cohort (third-person singular simple present cohorts, present participle cohorting, simple past and past participle cohorted)
- To associate with such a group
See also
- cahoots
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “cohort”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- chroot, rootch, trocho-
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cohors. Doublet of cort.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /ko???t/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ku??rt/
Noun
cohort f (plural cohorts)
- cohort (group of people supporting the same thing)
- cohort (demographic grouping of people)
- cohort (division of a Roman legion)
Further reading
- “cohort” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
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