Alexander Dyce, A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works

companion a term of contempt, equivalent to “fellow:” “cogging companion,” THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, iii. 1. 111 ; “this companion with the saffron face,” THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, iv. 4. 58 ; “an equivocal companion,” ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, v. 3. 247 ; “scurvy companion,” 2 HENRY IV., ii. 4. 115 ; “rude companion,” 2 HENRY VI., iv. 10. 30 ; “Now, you companion,” CORIOLANUS, v. 2. 58 ; “Companion, hence!” JULIUS CAESAR, iv. 3. 136 ; “your lordship should undertake every companion,” CYMBELINE, ii. 1. 26 ; “swaggering companions,” 2 HENRY IV., ii. 4. 89 ; “gives entrance to such companions,” CORIOLANUS, iv. 5. 12 ; “that such companions thou 'ldst unfold,” OTHELLO, iv. 2. 142.