Companion
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Companion may refer to:
Relationships in current terms
- Any of several interpersonal relationships such as friend or acquaintance
- A domestic partner, akin to a spouse
- Sober companion, an addiction treatment coach
- Companion (caregiving), a caregiver, such as a nurse assistant, paid to give a patient one-on-one attention
Historic relationships
- Lady's companion, a historic term for a genteel woman who was paid to live with a woman of rank or wealth
- Muhammad's companions, the Sahaba, the friends who surrounded the prophet of Islam
- Companion cavalry, the elite cavalry of Alexander the Great
- Foot Companion, the primary type of soldier in the army of Alexander the Great
- A concubine, a long-term sexual partner not accorded the status of marriage
Fiction
- Companion (Doctor Who), a character who travels with the Doctor in the TV series Doctor Who
- Companion (Firefly), a type of courtesan and entertainer in the TV series Firefly
- The Companions or Heroes of the Lance, a group of heroes in the fictional Dragonlance world
- The Companion (film), a 2015 Cuban film
Music
- Companion, a (1999) album by Patricia Barber
- Companions (Raphe Malik album), 2002
Other
- Companion (ship), an architectural feature of ships
- Companion animal, a pet animal kept for companionship
- Companion parrot, a pet parrot that interacts with its owner
- Companion matrix, a matrix with a specific relation to its characteristic polynomial p
- Companion planting, planting of different crops in close physical proximity
- "Companion series", a sister show in television
- Companion star, a star in a binary system
- Companion weapon, an object held in the non-sword hand while fencing
- A handbook or guide book or compendium e.g. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion or The Oxford Companion to Music
- A member of a Holy Royal Arch chapter
- A rank within many state-awarded orders