Definition of "companion" []

• A person who accompanies or associates with another; a comrade. (noun)
• A domestic partner. (noun)
• A person employed to assist, live with, or travel with another. (noun)
• One of a pair or set of things; a mate. (noun)
• To be a companion to; accompany. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "II. i.29 (189,4) every companion] The use of _companion_ was the same as of _fellow_ now."
• "The word companion means someone who walks with us in the same direction; it denotes someone with whom we can relate and with whom we can begin to build trust."
• "You know, the word companion comes from the Latin root for bread ..."