(n.) 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.
(n.) A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders; as, a
companion of the Bath.
(n.) A fellow; -- in contempt.
(n.) A skylight on an upper deck with frames and sashes of
various shapes, to admit light to a cabin or lower deck.
(n.) A wooden hood or penthouse covering the companion way; a
companion hatch.
(v. t.) To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany.
(v. t.) To qualify as a companion; to make equal.
