ETYM French compagnon, Old Fren. compaing, from an assumed Late Lat. companio (cf. companium fellowship, a mess), from Latin com- + panis bread. Related to Pantry.
1. A person who is frequently in the company of another; SYN. comrade, fellow, familiar, associate.
2. A traveler who accompanies you; SYN. fellow traveler, fellow traveller.
3. One paid to accompany or assist or live with another. + prikaži više

(Irregular plural: journeymen).
One who has mastered a handicraft or trade.
A man who served his apprenticeship in a trade and worked as a fully qualified employee. The term originated in the regulations of the medieval trade guilds; it derives from the French journée (“a day”) because journeymen were paid daily.
Each guild normally recognized three grades of worker— apprentices, journeymen, and masters. As a qualified tradesman, a journeyman might have become a master with his own business but most remained employees. + prikaži više

ETYM For parcener, influenced by part.
1. An associate in any business or occupation; esp., a member of a partnership.
2. One who shares something with an other; a partaker; an associate.
3. A husband or a wife.
4. An unmarried companion.
5. Either one of a couple who dance together.