traveling companion

noun

: a person who goes with someone who is traveling somewhere

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His traveling companion, Yebit Pryde, a nurse who said he had been jailed amid civil strife between the French-speaking and English-speaking communities in Cameroon, took up the conversation. David Culver, CNN, 30 Jan. 2025 His deteriorating state leads the Mormon men assigned to him to believe their traveling companion is mentally unraveling. Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2025

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“Traveling companion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traveling%20companion. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.

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