One who consents, or is a party to anything.

A person who has a seat in the same pew as another (usually specified) person; a fellow-worshipper. In extended use: a person of the same religious…

One who bands or leagues; a confederate.

Scots Law. = intercommuner, n. 1.

One who assembles along with others. Obsolete.

One associated with another in the view of the speaker or writer.

= fellow, n., in the vague and often contemptuous sense. (Cf. companion, n.1 5.)

One who coheres or combines with others.

poetic. The supposed companion or favourite of something personified. Now rare.

figurative. A companion or follower that sticks close, and will not be dismissed; a constant attendant.

Scots Law. One who holds intercourse or correspondence with a person denounced by law. Now Historical.

transferred. An inseparable follower or companion. poetic. nonce-use. Cf. shadow, n. 8.

One who dangles; one who hangs or hovers about a woman; a dallying follower.

In Arabia: a travelling companion or escort, esp. a man hired to negotiate safe passage through the lands of his own or an allied people.

A gentleman who attends or escorts a lady in public. Cf. squire, n.

Used allusively of one who is a companion or foil to a quixotic person.

An unwelcome, uninvited, or neglected companion.

Originally U.S. Also as a form of address. slang. Originally esp. among urban black and Hispanic youths: a man or youth belonging to one's group…

slang. A (fellow) Caribbean or Rastafarian man; (more generally) a man, a guy, esp. when considered as a fellow member of a particular social or…

A physically attractive companion, esp. a woman, seen on the arm of a person, typically a male celebrity, at a social event; = arm candy n. at arm…