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Companion (Polish language, Polish: ''towarzysz'' , plural: ''towarzysze'') was a junior cavalry Officer (armed forces), officer or knight-officer in the army of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from the 16th century until Third Partition of Poland, its demise in 1795. Name During the 20th century, ''towarzysz'' assumed the same meaning as the Russian language, Russian (''wikt:tovarishch, tovarishch'', "comrade"), with the military meaning fading in use. Use of cultural expressions such as ''wikt:pan#Polish, pan'' ("sir") was frowned upon and the Polish People's Republic, communist regime encouraged use of ''towarzysz'' ("companion") or ''wikt:obywatel#Polish, obywatel'' ("citizen"). Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth In the military of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, (until the 1775 AD reforms) companion was usually a Szlachta, noble who served in the Army for a period of time, usually less than 5 years, as a horseman with his mounted retainers (cavalry) and ''free se ...
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