companion
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From Old French compaignon (French: compagnon), from Low Latin companion- (nominative companio) from com- + panis (with + bread), first attested in the Frankish Lex Salica as a translation of a Germanic word represented by Gothic gahlaiba "messmate" from ga- + hlaiba (with + bread), Old High German galeipo from ga- + leipo (with + bread). More at co-, loaf.
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companion (plural companions)
- A friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or keeps company
- His dog has been his trusted companion for the last five years.
- (dated) A person employed to accompany or travel with another.
- (nautical) The framework on the quarterdeck of a sailing ship through which daylight entered the cabins below.
- (nautical) The covering of a hatchway on an upper deck which leads to the companionway; the stairs themselves.
- (topology) A knot in whose neighborhood another, specified, knot meets every meridian disk.
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- See also Wikisaurus:friend
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someone with whom one spends time or keeps company
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