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 another2obsolete : rascal3 a: one that is closely connected with something similar b: one employed to live with and serve another4: a celestial body that appears close to another but that may or may not be associated with it in space