companion
A friend, acquaintance or partner; someone with whom one spends time or accompanies
Noun 4 meanings
A friend, acquaintance or partner; someone with whom one spends time or accompanies
“His dog has been his trusted companion for the last five years.”
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.
Etymology
From Middle English companion, from Old French compaignon (“companion”) (modern French compagnon), from Late Latin compāniōn- (nominative singular compāniō, whence French copain), from com- + pānis (literally, with + bread), a word first attested in the Frankish Lex Salica as a calque of a Germanic word, probably Frankish *galaibo, *gahlaibō (“messmate”, literally “with-bread”), from Proto-Germanic *gahlaibô.
COMPANION at a glance
COMPANION has 9 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + M 3 + P 3 + A 1 + N 1 + I 1 + O 1 + N 1) and 20 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,675 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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