- Companion ladder
- Companion Com*pan"ion (k[o^]m*p[a^]n"y[u^]n), n. [F.
compagnon, OF. compaing, fr. an assumed LL. companio (cf.
companium fellowship, a mess), fr. L. com- + panis bread. See
{Pantry}.]
1. 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.
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The companions of his fall. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
The companion of fools shall smart for it. --Prov. xiii. 20 (Rev. Ver.). [1913 Webster]
Here are your sons again; and I must lose Two of the sweetest companions in the world. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
A companion is one with whom we share our bread; a messmate. --Trench. [1913 Webster]
2. A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders; as, a companion of the Bath. [1913 Webster]
3. A fellow; -- in contempt. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
4. [Cf. OSp. compa[~n]a an outhouse, office.] (Naut.) (a) A skylight on an upper deck with frames and sashes of various shapes, to admit light to a cabin or lower deck. (b) A wooden hood or penthouse covering the companion way; a companion hatch. [1913 Webster]
{Companion hatch} (Naut.), a wooden porch over the entrance or staircase of the cabin.
{Companion ladder} (Naut.), the ladder by which officers ascend to, or descend from, the quarter-deck. --Totten.
{Companion way} (Naut.), a staircase leading to the cabin.
{Knights companions}, in certain honorary orders, the members of the lowest grades as distinguished from knights commanders, knights grand cross, and the like.
Syn: Associate; comrade; mate; compeer; partner; ally; confederate; coadjutor; accomplice. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
