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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024com•pan•ion1 /kəmˈpænyən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a person who frequently accompanies another;
comrade. - a person in a long-term, intimate relationship with another;
partner. - a person employed to accompany, assist, or live with another:working as a nurse and companion to an elderly lady.
- a mate or match for something:I was looking for the companion to the statuette.
com•pan•ion•less, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024com•pan•ion1 (kəm pan′yən),USA pronunciation n. - a person who is frequently in the company of, associates with, or accompanies another:my son and his two companions.
- a person employed to accompany, assist, or live with another in the capacity of a helpful friend.
- a mate or match for something:White wine is the usual companion of fish.
- a handbook or guide:a bird watcher's companion.
- World Historya member of the lowest rank in an order of knighthood or of a grade in an order.
- Also called companion star, comes. [Astron.]the fainter of the two stars that constitute a double star. Cf. primary (def. 19b).
- [Obs.]a fellow.
v.t. - to be a companion to;
accompany.
- Late Latin compāniōn- (stem of compāniō) messmate, equivalent. to com- com- + pān(is) bread + -iōn- -ion; presumably as translation of a Gmc word; compare Gothic gahlaiba, Old High German galeipo
- Anglo-French; Old French compaignon
- Middle English compainoun 1250–1300
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged comrade, partner, mate. See acquaintance.
com•pan•ion2 (kəm pan′yən),USA pronunciation n. [Naut.]- Nautical, Naval Termsa covering over the top of a companionway.
- Nautical, Naval Termsa companionway.
- French (chambre de la) compagne pantry of a medieval galley
- alteration of Dutch kampanje quarterdeck 1755–65
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: companion /kəmˈpænjən/ n - a person who is an associate of another or others; comrade
- (esp formerly) an employee, usually a woman, who provides company for an employer, esp an elderly woman
- one of a pair; match
- (as modifier): a companion volume
- a guidebook or handbook
- a member of the lowest rank of any of certain orders of knighthood
- the fainter of the two components of a double star
vb - (transitive) to accompany or be a companion to
Etymology: 13th Century: from Late Latin compāniō, literally: one who eats bread with another, from Latin com- with + pānis bread companion /kəmˈpænjən/ n - a raised frame on an upper deck with windows to give light to the deck below
Etymology: 18th Century: from Dutch kompanje quarterdeck, from Old French compagne, from Old Italian compagna pantry, perhaps ultimately from Latin pānis bread |