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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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mistress
English
Etymology
From Middle English maistresse and Old French maistresse (French maîtresse), feminine of maistre (“master”). This may be broken down as mister +? -ess.
Pronunciation
- enPR: m?s?tr?s, IPA(key): /?m?st??s/
Noun
mistress (plural mistresses)
- A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership
- Synonyms: (applicable to either sex) boss, (applicable to either sex) head, (applicable to either sex) leader
- male equivalent: master
- A female teacher
- Synonym: schoolmarm
- male equivalent: master
- The other woman in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations
- Synonyms: (applicable to either sex) bit on the side, fancy woman, comaré, goomah; see also Thesaurus:mistress
- Antonyms: cicisbeo, fancy man
- A dominatrix
- male equivalent: master
- 2006, Amelia May Kingston, The Triumph of Hope (page 376)
- As part of BDSM play they can enhance the domineering tread of a mistress or hobble the steps of a slave.
- A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it
- A letter desires all young wives to make themselves mistresses of Wingate's Arithmetic.
- a woman regarded with love and devotion; a sweetheart
- (Scotland) A married woman; a wife
- (obsolete) The jack in the game of bowls
- A female companion to a master (a man with control, authority or ownership)
- female equivalent of master
- female equivalent of mister
Usage notes
In the extramarital sense, mistress is often narrowly taken to mean a woman involved in a committed extramarital relationship (an affair), often supported financially (a kept woman). It can also be broadly taken to mean a woman involved in an extramarital relationship regardless of the level of commitment, but requires more than a single act of adultery.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
mistress (third-person singular simple present mistresses, present participle mistressing, simple past and past participle mistressed)
- (transitive, rare) Of a woman: to master; to learn or develop to a high degree of proficiency.
- (intransitive) To act or take the role of a mistress.
See also
- (titles) (of a man): Mr (Mister, mister), Sir (sir); (of a woman): Ms (Miz, mizz), Mrs (Mistress, mistress), Miss (miss), Dame (dame), (of a non-binary person): Mx (Mixter); (see also): Dr (Doctor, doctor), Madam (madam, ma'am) (Category: en:Titles)
References
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