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com·pan·ion [ kəm pánnyən ] (plural com·pan·ions)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. somebody to be with: somebody who accompanies or shares time with another

2. somebody whose job is accompanying another: somebody employed to live with another person

3. matching article: an object or item that goes with another to make a pair

4. publishing handbook: a guide or handbook on a particular subject

5. astronomy fainter of two stars: the fainter of the stars that make up a double-star or multiple-star system

6. 
Another spelling of  Companion


[13th century. < late Latin companion- "somebody who shares bread" < Latin panis "bread"]

com·pan·ion transitive verb
com·pan·ion·less adjective
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