- (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.
- (n.) A wooden hood or penthouse covering the companion way; a companion hatch.
- (v.t.) To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany.
- (n.) A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders; as, a companion of the Bath.
- (n.) A fellow; -- in contempt.
- (v.t.) To qualify as a companion; to make equal.
- (n.) A skylight on an upper deck with frames and sashes of various shapes, to admit light to a cabin or lower deck.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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