compañera

[ kom-puhn-yair-uh; Spanish kawm-pah-nye-rah ]

noun,plural com·pa·ñe·ras [kom-puhn-yair-uhz; Spanish kawm-pah-nye-rahs]. /ˌkɒm pənˈyɛər əz; Spanish ˌkɔm pɑˈnyɛ rɑs/.
  1. (in the southwestern U.S.) a female companion; friend.

  2. (in Latin America) a female worker, coworker, or comrade.

Origin of compañera

1
1835–45; Americanism;<Spanish, feminine of compañero

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