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companionship(dictionary)

companionship (iou)



companionship noun. M16.
[from COMPANION noun1 + -SHIP.]
The state of being or having a companion or companions; association or presence as a companion or companions; fellowship. M16.
b. An association, a fellowship. M19.
Hist. The state of being a journeyman. L18.
An organized group of people; spec. (Printing History) a company of compositors working together under a clicker. E19.
Usu. Companionship. The dignity of a Companion in an order of knighthood etc. L19.