companion

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From Middle English companion, from Old French compaignon (companion), from Late Latin compāniōn- (nominative singular compāniō), from com- +‎ pānis (literally, with + bread), a word first attested in the Frankish Lex Salica as a translation of a Germanic word, probably Old Frankish *galaibo, *gahlaibo (messmate, literally with-bread), from *ga- (collective prefix) + *laib, *hlaib (loaf, bread). Compare also Old High German galeipo (messmate), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌰 (gahlaiba, messmate). More at co-, loaf.

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companion (plural companions)

  1. 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.
  2. (dated) A person employed to accompany or travel with another.
  3. (nautical) The framework on the quarterdeck of a sailing ship through which daylight entered the cabins below.
  4. (nautical) The covering of a hatchway on an upper deck which leads to the companionway; the stairs themselves.
  5. (topology) A knot in whose neighborhood another, specified, knot meets every meridian disk.
  6. (figuratively) A thing or phenomenon that is closely associated with another thing, phenomenon, or person.
  7. (astronomy) A celestial object that is associated with another.

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