† ˈpanion Obs.
Also 6 panyon.
[Shortened from companion.]
= companion, mate, fellow.
| 1553 T. Wilson Rhet. 50 Whether he be a gamester, an alehouse haunter, or a panion among ruffians. 1581 J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 496 b, Loe here a very pleasaunt panion and Maister of his Arte. 1589 Nashe Martins Months Minde Wks. (Grosart) I. 165 These Panions, scorning all modestie, and reiecting al reason. 1592 Greene Def. Conny Catching Wks. (Grosart) XI. 80 He was a kind of Scholastical panyon. |