companion

/kəmˈpænjən/ · noun

Meaning

A friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or keeps company
A person employed to accompany or travel with another.
The framework on the quarterdeck of a sailing ship through which daylight entered the cabins below.
The covering of a hatchway on an upper deck which leads to the companionway; the stairs themselves.
A knot in whose neighborhood another, specified knot meets every meridian disk.
A thing or phenomenon that is closely associated with another thing, phenomenon, or person.
To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany.
To qualify as a companion; to make equal.

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