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   Companion , n. [F. compagnon, OF. compaing, fr. an assumed LL. companio (cf. companium fellowship, a mess), fr. L. com- + panis bread. See Pantry.]
   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.
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   The companions of his fall.
   Milton.
   
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   The companion of fools shall smart for it.
   Prov. xiii. 20 (Rev. Ver.).
   
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   Here are your sons again; and I must lose
   Two of the sweetest companions in the world.
   Shak.
   
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   A companion is one with whom we share our bread; a messmate.
   Trench.
   
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   A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders; as, a companion of the Bath.
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   A fellow; -- in contempt. [Obs.]
   Shak.
   
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   [Cf. OSp. compaña an outhouse, office.] (Naut.) (a) A skylight on an upper deck with frames and sashes of various shapes, to admit light to a cabin or lower deck. (b) A wooden hood or penthouse covering the companion way; a companion hatch.
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   Companion hatch (Naut.), a wooden porch over the entrance or staircase of the cabin. -- Companion ladder (Naut.), the ladder by which officers ascend to, or descend from, the quarter-deck. Totten. -- Companion way (Naut.), a staircase leading to the cabin. -- Knights companions, in certain honorary orders, the members of the lowest grades as distinguished from knights commanders, knights grand cross, and the like.
   Syn. -- Associate; comrade; mate; compeer; partner; ally; confederate; coadjutor; accomplice.
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   Companion, v. t.
   To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany. [R.]
   Ruskin.
   
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   To qualify as a companion; to make equal. [Obs.]
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   Companion me with my mistress.
   Shak.
   
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