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SYLLABICATION:com·pan·ion
PRONUNCIATION:  km-pnyn
NOUN:1a. A person who accompanies or associates with another; a comrade. b. A domestic partner. 2. A person employed to assist, live with, or travel with another. 3. One of a pair or set of things; a mate.
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: com·pan·ioned, com·pan·ion·ing, com·pan·ions
To be a companion to; accompany.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English compaignyon, from Old French compaignon, from Vulgar Latin *compni, *compnin- : Latin com-, com- + Latin pnis, bread; see p- in Appendix I.
 
 
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