CPage 461
- English Word Companion Definition 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.
- English Word Companion Definition A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders; as, a companion of the Bath.
- English Word Companion Definition A fellow; -- in contempt.
- English Word Companion Definition A skylight on an upper deck with frames and sashes of various shapes, to admit light to a cabin or lower deck.
- English Word Companion Definition A wooden hood or penthouse covering the companion way; a companion hatch.
- English Word Companion Definition To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany.
- English Word Companion Definition To qualify as a companion; to make equal.
- English Word Companionable Definition Fitted to be a companion; fit for good fellowship; agreeable; sociable.
- English Word Companionless Definition Without a companion.
- English Word Companionship Definition Fellowship; association; the act or fact of keeping company with any one.
- English Word Company Definition The state of being a companion or companions; the act of accompanying; fellowship; companionship; society; friendly intercourse.
- English Word Company Definition A companion or companions.
- English Word Company Definition An assemblage or association of persons, either permanent or transient.
- English Word Company Definition Guests or visitors, in distinction from the members of a family; as, to invite company to dine.
- English Word Company Definition Society, in general; people assembled for social intercourse.
- English Word Company Definition An association of persons for the purpose of carrying on some enterprise or business; a corporation; a firm; as, the East India Company; an insurance company; a joint-stock company.
- English Word Company Definition Partners in a firm whose names are not mentioned in its style or title; -- often abbreviated in writing; as, Hottinguer & Co.
- English Word Company Definition A subdivision of a regiment of troops under the command of a captain, numbering in the United States (full strength) 100 men.
- English Word Company Definition The crew of a ship, including the officers; as, a whole ship's company.
- English Word Company Definition The body of actors employed in a theater or in the production of a play.