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companion

noun · verb US /kəmˈpænjən/

a friend who is frequently in the company of another

How often you will meet it

Rank 986 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 18,562 times across 191,579 chapters — 0.009% of every word in the library.

It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.

What it means

noun

  1. a friend who is frequently in the company of another also: comrade, fellow, familiar, associate drinking companionscomrades in arms
  2. a traveler who accompanies you also: fellow traveler, fellow traveller
  3. one paid to accompany or assist or live with another

verb

  1. be a companion to somebody also: company, accompany, keep company

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

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