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"companion" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often mate (4 letters).
Definitions
be a companion to somebody
Used in a sentence
“His dog has been his trusted companion for the last five years.”
“Heere are your Sonnes againe, and I muſt looſe / Two of the ſweet’ſt Companions in the World.”
“The krogan have had a love-hate relationship with varren for millennia, alternately fighting them for territory and embracing them as treasured companions.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Travel partner”9 letters
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