companion

¹com·pan·ion

noun, often attributive \kəm-ˈpan-yən\

Definition of COMPANION

1

: one that accompanies another : comrade, associate; also : one that keeps company with another

2

obsolete : rascal

3

a : one that is closely connected with something similar b : one employed to live with and serve another

4

: a celestial body that appears close to another but that may or may not be associated with it in space

Origin of COMPANION

Middle English compainoun, from Anglo-French cumpaing, cumpaignun, from Late Latin companion-, companio, from Latin com- + panis bread, food — more at food

First Known Use: 13th century

Rhymes with COMPANION

Black Canyon, Grand Canyon