Companion
[kəm'pænjən] or [kəm'pænɪən]
Definition
(noun.) one paid to accompany or assist or live with another.
(noun.) a friend who is frequently in the company of another; 'drinking companions'; 'comrades in arms'.
(noun.) a traveler who accompanies you.
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Definition
(n.) One who accompanies or is in company with another for a longer or shorter period, either from choice or casually; one who is much in the company of, or is associated with, another or others; an associate; a comrade; a consort; a partner.
(n.) A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders; as, a companion of the Bath.
(n.) A fellow; -- in contempt.
(n.) A skylight on an upper deck with frames and sashes of various shapes, to admit light to a cabin or lower deck.
(n.) A wooden hood or penthouse covering the companion way; a companion hatch.
(v. t.) To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany.
(v. t.) To qualify as a companion; to make equal.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Comrade, associate, mate, fellow, CONSORT, compeer, boon companion.[2]. Partner, partaker, participator, participant, sharer.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Associate, mate, comrade, colleague, ally, partner, accomplice, coadjutor
ANT:Rival, toe, antagonist, adversary
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Definition
n. (naut.) the skylight or window-frame through which light passes to a lower deck or cabin: companion-ladder.—ns. Compan′ion-ladd′er the ladder or stair leading from the deck to the officers' cabin; Compan′ion-way a staircase from the deck to a cabin.
n. one who keeps company or frequently associates with another: an associate or partner: a higher rank of servant who though receiving pay stands rather in the relation of a friend: fellow in a bad sense.—v.t. to accompany.—adj. of the nature of a companion: accompanying.—adjs. Compan′iable (obs.) sociable; Compan′ionable fit to be a companion: agreeable.—n. Compan′ionableness.—adv. Compan′ionably.—adj. Compan′ioned having a companion.—ns. Compan′ionhood Compan′ionary.—adj. Compan′ionless without a companion.—n. Compan′ionship.
Editor: Lora
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of seeing a wife or husband, signifies small anxieties and probable sickness. To dream of social companions, denotes light and frivolous pastimes will engage your attention hindering you from performing your duties.
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Examples
- As a walking companion, Emma had very early foreseen how useful she might find her. Jane Austen. Emma.
- We take the liberty of coming, my young companion and I, madam,' said Riah, 'on behalf of Lizzie Hexam. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The salesman nodded and shot a questioning glance at my companion. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I clutched the leg of the table again immediately, and pressed it to my bosom as if it had been the companion of my youth and friend of my soul. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- She draws prettily, he observed: and she has now got a little companion she is very fond of. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I saw him look curiously at my companion. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Hitherto she had carefully avoided every companion in her rambles. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- I suppose the virtue to belong to my companion, not to myself; and observe what follows from this alteration. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Mrs. Weston was very ready to say how attentive and pleasant a companion he made himselfhow much she saw to like in his disposition altogether. Jane Austen. Emma.
- As they passed the different mile-stones, Oliver wondered, more and more, where his companion meant to take him. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I glanced at my companion, and finding that he had already risen and was ready to depart, thanked them for what they had told me, and took my leave. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- What chiefly surprised Edmund was, that Crawford's sister, the friend and companion who had been so much to her, should not be more visibly regretted. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I have formed no conclusion whatever, my companion answered. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- When I returned to the pilot house to report the good news to my companion he handed me a paper. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Herbert was my intimate companion and friend. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Ebrington and I were excellent companions. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- My parents were indulgent, and my companions amiable. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I urged my companions to prepare for the wreck of our little skiff, and to bind themselves to some oar or spar which might suffice to float them. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- You propose, replied I, to fly from the habitations of man, to dwell in those wilds where the beasts of the field will be your only companions. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- He amazed and horrified his five companions by demanding ordinary food and refusing to continue his self-mortifications. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He walked on first, carrying a part of the fishing tackle, and his companions followed him at some distance. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- We will endeavour to do our duty by her, and she will, at least, have the advantage of companions of her own age, and of a regular instructress. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Ralph and I were inseparable companions. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- It was late in the evening when Mr. Pickwick and his companions, assisted by Sam, dismounted from the roof of the Eatanswill coach. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- School children amuse themselves by reflecting sunbeams from a mirror into their companions' faces. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The dressmaker, with her hands still clasped, looked affrightedly from the one to the other of her two companions. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It was on one particular afternoon that Mr Chivery surprised him all at once, and stood forth from his companions in bold relief. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Eustacia, warmed with an inner fire, could not wait for her companions after this. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- And so he bids him and his companions depart, just as any other father might drive out of the house a riotous son and his undesirable associates. Plato. The Republic.
- After the tumultuous emotions of the day, I was glad to find on my arrival at the inn that my companions had retired to rest. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Editor: Myra