Companion

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A fellow;

— in contempt.

II. Companion ·vt To qualify as a companion; to make equal.

III. Companion ·noun A wooden hood or penthouse covering the companion way; a companion hatch.

IV. Companion ·vt To be a companion to; to attend on; to Accompany.

V. Companion ·noun A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders; as, a companion of the Bath.

VI. Companion ·noun A skylight on an upper deck with frames and sashes of various shapes, to admit light to a cabin or lower deck.

VII. Companion ·noun One who accompanies or is in company with another for a longer or shorter period, either from choice or casually; one who is much in the company of, or is associated with, another or others; an associate; a comrade; a consort; a partner.