(n): a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
(n): a traveler who accompanies you
(n): a person who changes location
(n): one paid to accompany or assist or live with another
(n): someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
(v): be a companion to somebody
(v): keep company with; hang out with
Inara Sera: I have to say, this is the first time we've had a preacher on board.
Book: Well, I wasn't expecting to see a state official either. Ambassador. shakes her hand as Mal laughs. I'm missing something funny.
Kaylee: Not so funny.
Inara: Ambassador is Mal's way of—
Mal: She's a whore, Shep.
Kaylee: The term is companion.
- "Serenity," the first episode of Firefly