1 a person or an animal that travels with you or spends a lot of time with you:
travelling companions * Geoff was my companion on the journey. * (figurative) Fear was the hostages' constant companion.
2 a person who has similar tastes, interests, etc. to your own and whose company you enjoy:
She was a charming dinner companion. * His younger brother is not much of a companion for him. * They're drinking companions (= they go out drinking together).
3 a person who shares in your work, pleasures, sadness, etc:
We became companions in misfortune.
4 a person, usually a woman, employed to live with and help sb, especially sb old or ill/sick
5 one of a pair of things that go together or can be used together:
A companion volume is soon to be published.
6 used in book titles to describe a book giving useful facts and information on a particular subject:
A Companion to French Literature
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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This entry for companion is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is companion a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, companion is tagged as noun.
Does companion appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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