Companion
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Companion may refer to:
- A friend or acquaintance you associate yourself with
- Companion (caregiving), a nurse assistant or similar professional who assists a patient one-on-one
- 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 star, a star in a binary star system
- Companion weapon, an object held in the non-sword hand while fencing
- Muhammad's companions, the Sahaba
- Companion cavalry, Alexander the Great's elite cavalry
- Foot Companion, the primary type of soldier in Alexander the Great's army
- Lady's companion, a genteel woman who acted as a companion for woman of rank or wealth
- Sober companion, an addiction treatment coach
- Companion planting, planting of different crops in close physical proximity
- 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 domestic partner
- A concubine
- A common rank within many state-awarded orders
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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
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Music
- Companion (Patricia Barber album), a (1999) album by Patricia Barber
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