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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 co…

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  1. 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.
  2. n. A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders; as, a companion of the Bath.
  3. n. A fellow; -- in contempt.
  4. n. A skylight on an upper deck with frames and sashes of various shapes, to admit light to a cabin or lower deck.
  5. n. A wooden hood or penthouse covering the companion way; a companion hatch.
  6. v. t. To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany.
  7. v. t. To qualify as a companion; to make equal.
  8. n. a friend who is frequently in the company of another
  9. n. a traveler who accompanies you
  10. n. one paid to accompany or assist or live with another
  11. v. be a companion to somebody