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companion

-1 n. தோழன், உடனிருப்பவன், நண்பன், கூட்டாளி, உயர்நிலைப்பணியாள், ஆள், பயனற்றவன், ஓர் அமைப்பின் உறுப்பினர், சோடியில் ஒன்று, (பெ.) கூடச் செல்கின்ற, தோழன் தன்மையான, (வி.) சேர்ந்து செல், உடனியங்கு.-2 n. (கப்.) மேல் தளத்தினின்று கீழ்த்தளத்திற்கு வௌதச்சம் அனுப்பும் சாளரச்சட்டம், பலகணிக் கிராதி, கீழ்த்தளத்திற்கு வர உதவும் ஏணி.


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Com*pan"ion, n. Etym: [F. compagnon, OF. compaing, fr. as 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. The companions of his fall. Milton. The companion of fools shall smart for it. Prov. xiii. 20 (Rev. Ver. ) Here are your sons again; and I must lose Two of the sweetest companions in the world. Shak. A companion is one with whom we share our bread; a messmate. Trench. 2. A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders; as, a companion of the Bath. 3. A fellow; -- in contempt. [Obs.] Shak. 4. Etym: [Cf. OSp. compaña 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. 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. Com*pan"ion, v. t. 1. To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany. [R.] Ruskin. 2. To qualify as a companion; to make equal. [Obs.] Companion me with my mistress. Shak. Com*pan"ion, n. Etym: [F. compagnon, OF. compaing, fr. as 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. The companions of his fall. Milton. The companion of fools shall smart for it. Prov. xiii. 20 (Rev. Ver. ) Here are your sons again; and I must lose Two of the sweetest companions in the world. Shak. A companion is one with whom we share our bread; a messmate. Trench. 2. A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders; as, a companion of the Bath. 3. A fellow; -- in contempt. [Obs.] Shak. 4. Etym: [Cf. OSp. compaña 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. 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. Com*pan"ion, v. t. 1. To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany. [R.] Ruskin. 2. To qualify as a companion; to make equal. [Obs.] Companion me with my mistress. Shak.


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