companion¹ /kəm-panˈyən/

1. A person who keeps company or frequently associates with another, either voluntarily or as a profession
2. A member of an order of knighthood, esp in a lower grade
3. One of a pair or set of things
4. An often pocket-sized book on a particular subject (as in angler's companion)

To accompany

1. Of the nature of a companion
2. Accompanying

companˈiable adjective (obsolete)

Sociable

companˈionable adjective

1. Fit to be a companion
2. Agreeable

companˈionableness noun

companˈionably adverb

companˈionate adjective

1. Acting as or resembling a companion
2. Suited to be a companion

companˈioned adjective

Having a companion

companˈionhood noun

companˈionless adjective

companˈionship noun

1. The state of being a companion
2. Company, fellowship
3. A body of companions

companionate marriage noun

A form of marriage proposed in the 1920s with legalized birth control and divorce by mutual consent

companion animal noun

(in politically correct language) a pet

companˈion-in-arms noun

A fellow soldier

companion set noun

A set of fireside implements on a stand

companion star noun

A star appearing to be close to another though not necessarily near it in space, eg the fainter component of a double star

Companion of Literature

An honour (instituted 1961) conferred by the Royal Society of Literature (abbrev CLitt.)

companion² /kəm-panˈyən/ (nautical)

1. The skylight or window frame through which light passes to a lower deck or cabin
2. A companion ladder

companion hatch noun

The covering of an opening in a deck

companion ladder noun

The ladder or stair leading from the deck to a cabin or to the quarterdeck

companˈionway noun

A staircase from the deck to a cabin

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