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Definition of Companionate
1. Adjective. Like a companion. "A companionate dog"
Definition of Companionate
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a companion ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Companionate
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Companionate
Literary usage of Companionate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education: With a View of the by Hannah More (1799)
"Do you not think their meek and companionate Saviour who died for your children
loved them as well you love them ? And if this were his language, ..."
2. Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books by Alice Bertha ( Kroeger, Isadore Gilbert Mudge, American Library Association (1908)
"... baronetage, and knightage of Great Britain and Ireland,* and Debrett's peerage,
baronetage, knightage, and companionate.* Marshall, George William. ..."
3. On My Honour: Guides and Scouts in Interwar Britain by Tammy M. Proctor (2002)
"... resenting the media's labeling of unmarried women as "superfluous," yet longing
for the emotional intimacy of "modern" companionate marriage. ..."
4. Lives of the Princesses of England, from the Norman Conquest by Mary Anne Everett Green (1857)
"Two of her daughters were already married; and Elizabeth, the youngest, was the
only one who remained at home to companionate her still more juvenile ..."
5. Gang Suppression & Intervention: An Assessment by Irving A. Spergel (1993)
"Shaw and McKay were interested in the companionate character of the delinquent
acts for which 8 out of 10 youths were brought to juvenile court, ..."
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