Main Entry: ¹com·pan·ion

Pronunciation: \kəm-ˈpan-yən\

Function: noun

Usage: often attributive

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

Date: 13th century

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