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.

Companion
(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.

4. [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.

  By PanEris using Melati.

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