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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
com•pan•ion1 /kəmˈpænyən/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a person who frequently accompanies another;
    comrade.
  2. a person in a long-term, intimate relationship with another;
    partner.
  3. a person employed to accompany, assist, or live with another:working as a nurse and companion to an elderly lady.
  4. 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 © 2026
com•pan•ion1  (kəm pan′yən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a person who is frequently in the company of, associates with, or accompanies another:my son and his two companions.
  2. a person employed to accompany, assist, or live with another in the capacity of a helpful friend.
  3. a mate or match for something:White wine is the usual companion of fish.
  4. a handbook or guide:a bird watcher's companion.
  5. World Historya member of the lowest rank in an order of knighthood or of a grade in an order.
  6. Also called companion star, comes. [Astron.]the fainter of the two stars that constitute a double star. Cf. primary (def. 19b).
  7. [Obs.]a fellow.

v.t. 
  1. 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
com•pan′ion•less, adj. 
    1. comrade, partner, mate. See acquaintance. 
com•pan•ion2  (kəm pan′yən),USA pronunciation n. [Naut.]
  1. Nautical, Naval Termsa covering over the top of a companionway.
  2. 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
  1. a person who is an associate of another or others; comrade
  2. (esp formerly) an employee who provides company for an employer, esp an elderly woman
    • one of a pair; match
    • (as modifier): a companion volume
  4. a guidebook or handbook
  5. a member of the lowest rank of any of certain orders of knighthood
  6. the fainter of the two components of a double star
 vb
  1. (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
  1. 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
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