COMPANION

I. noun Usage: often attributive see: food Date: 13th century one that accompanies another ; comrade , associate , rascal , 3. one that is closely connected with something similar, one employed to live with and serve another, a celestial body that appears close to another but that may or may not be associated with it in space, II. verb Date: 1622 transitive verb accompany , intransitive verb to keep company, III. noun Etymology: by folk etymology from Dutch kampanje poop deck Date: 1762 a hood covering at the top of a ~way, ~way