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com·pan·ion1 / kəmˈpanyən/ • n. 1. a person or animal with whom one spends a lot of time or with whom one travels. ∎ a person who shares the experiences of another, esp. when these are unpleasant or unwelcome: my companions in misfortune. ∎ a person with similar tastes and interests to one's own and with whom one has a friendly relationship: drinking companions. ∎ a person's long-term sexual partner outside marriage. ∎ a person, esp. an unmarried or widowed woman, employed to live with and assist another. ∎ Astron. a star, galaxy, or other celestial object that is close to or associated with another. 2. one of a pair of things intended to complement or match each other: [as adj.] a companion volume. ∎ [usu. in names] a book that provides information about a particular subject: the Oxford Companion to English Literature. ∎ chiefly Brit., dated a piece of equipment containing objects used in a particular activity: a traveler's companion. 3. (Companion) a member of the lowest grade of certain orders of knighthood. • v. [tr.] formal accompany: he is companioned by a pageboy. com·pan·ion2 • n. Naut. a covering over the hatchway leading below decks. ∎ archaic a raised frame with windows on the quarterdeck of a ship to allow light into the decks below. ∎ short for companionway. |
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"companion." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "companion." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-companion.html "companion." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-companion.html |
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companion 1 associate, mate. XIII. ME. compainoun — OF. compaignon :- Rom. *compāniōn-, stem of *compāniō (whence OF, compain, mod. copain), f. L. COM- + pānis bread, after Gmc. ʒaχlaibaz (Goth. gahlaiba, OHG. galeipo messmate) ‘one who eats bread with another’, f. *ʒa- Y- + *χlaib LOAF.
Hence companionable XVII. So company XIII. ME. compainie, -paig- — AN. compainie, OF. compa(i)gnie :- Rom. *compānia, f. *compāniō; see -Y 3. |
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T. F. HOAD. "companion." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "companion." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-companion.html T. F. HOAD. "companion." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-companion.html |
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companion 2 (naut.) framed windows over a hatchway, hooded staircase to the captain's cabin. XVIII. alt., by assoc. with prec., of Du. †kompanje (now kam-) — OF. compagne — It. compagna (for camera della compagna store-room for provisions, caboose) :- Rom. *compānia ‘what is eaten with bread’, f. L. COM- + pānis bread.
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T. F. HOAD. "companion." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "companion." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-companion1.html T. F. HOAD. "companion." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-companion1.html |
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companion, in the days of sail the framing and sashlights on the quarterdeck and of the coach through which daylight entered to the cabins below. Nowadays it is the covering over an upper-deck hatchway which leads to the companionway and is generally understood to mean the companion ladder.
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"companion." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "companion." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-companion.html "companion." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-companion.html |
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companion n.
1. a covering over the hatchway leading below decks. 2. a raised frame with windows on the quarterdeck of a ship to allow light into the decks below. 3. short for companionway. |
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"companion." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "companion." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-companion.html "companion." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-companion.html |
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"companion." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "companion." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-companion.html "companion." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-companion.html |
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