Companion

Companion

Companion may refer to:

  • A friend or acquaintance you associate yourself with
  • Companion (caregiving), a nurse assistant or similar professional who assists a patient one-on-one
  • Companion (ship), an architectural feature of ships
  • Companion animal, a pet animal kept for companionship
  • Companion parrot, a pet parrot that interacts with its owner
  • Companion matrix, a matrix with a specific relation to its characteristic polynomial p
  • Companion star, a star in a binary star system
  • Companion weapon, an object held in the non-sword hand while fencing
  • Muhammad's companions, the Sahaba
  • Companion cavalry, Alexander the Great's elite cavalry
  • Foot Companion, the primary type of soldier in Alexander the Great's army
  • Lady's companion, a genteel woman who acted as a companion for woman of rank or wealth
  • Sober companion, an addiction treatment coach
  • Companion planting, planting of different crops in close physical proximity
  • A handbook or guide book or compendium e.g. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion or The Oxford Companion to Music
  • A member of a Holy Royal Arch chapter
  • A domestic partner
  • A concubine
  • An intelligent conversational agent as in the Companions Project
  • An companion in the Islamic religion: Sahabah

Fiction

  • Companion (Doctor Who), a character who travels with the Doctor in the TV series Doctor Who
  • Companion (Firefly), a type of courtesan and entertainer in the TV series Firefly
  • The Companions or Heroes of the Lance, a group of heroes in the fictional Dragonlance world
  • Companion (manga), an ongoing manga series published in Kodansha's Magazine Z

Music


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую
Synonyms:
, , , , , , / , , , ,


Look at other dictionaries:

  • Companion — Com*pan ion (k[o^]m*p[a^]n y[u^]n), n. [F. compagnon, OF. compaing, fr. an assumed LL. companio (cf. companium fellowship, a mess), fr. L. com + panis bread. See {Pantry}.] 1. One who accompanies or is in company with another for a longer or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • companion — COMPANIÓN, OÁNĂ, companioni, oane, s.m. şi f. (Franţuzism). 1. Camarad, tovarăş. 2. Persoană care făcea parte dintr o societate comercială, artistică etc. – Din fr. compagnon. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  COMPANIÓN s. v.… …   Dicționar Român

  • Companion — Com*pan ion, v. t. 1. To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany. [R.] Ruskin. [1913 Webster] 2. To qualify as a companion; to make equal. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Companion me with my mistress. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • companion — c.1300, from O.Fr. compagnon fellow, mate, friend, partner (12c.), from L.L. companionem (nom. companio), lit. bread fellow, messmate, from L. com with (see COM (Cf. com )) + panis bread. Found first in 6c. Frankish Lex Salica, and probably a… …   Etymology dictionary

  • companion — ► NOUN 1) a person with whom one spends time or travels. 2) each of a pair of things intended to complement or match each other. 3) (Companion) a member of the lowest grade of certain orders of knighthood. DERIVATIVES companionship noun. ORIGIN… …   English terms dictionary

  • companion — companion1 [kəm pan′yən] n. [ME compainoun < OFr compagnon < VL * companio, lit., bread fellow, messmate (calque of Goth gahlaiba, one who eats of the same bread < ga , with + hlaifs, bread, LOAF1) < L com , with + panis, bread] 1. a… …   English World dictionary

  • companion — index associate, cohort, colleague, complement, confederate, consociate, consort, copartner (business associate) …   Law dictionary

  • companion — n comrade, *associate, crony Analogous words: *friend, confidant, intimate, acquaintance: *partner, colleague: attendant, escort, chaperon (see corresponding verbs at ACCOMPANY) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • companion — [n] helper, friend accompaniment, accomplice, aide, ally, assistant, associate, attendant, buddy, chaperon, colleague, comate, complement, comrade, concomitant, confederate, consort, convoy, counterpart, cousin, co worker, crony, cuz*, double,… …   New thesaurus

  • companion — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a (often foll. by in, of) a person who accompanies, associates with, or shares with, another (a companion in adversity; they were close companions). b a person, esp. an unmarried or widowed woman, employed to live with and assist… …   Useful english dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”