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copartner

American  
[koh-pahrt-ner, koh-pahrt-] / koʊˈpɑrt nər, ˈkoʊˌpɑrt- /

noun

  1. a partner or associate, as in a business.


copartner British  
/ kəʊˈpɑːtnə /

noun

  1. a partner or associate, esp an equal partner in business

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of copartner

First recorded in 1495–1505; co- + partner


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In 1924 the British threw the remaining troops of their "copartner" out of the Sudan; 16 months ago, the Egyptians got equally fed up.

From Time Magazine Archive

Were he to become a copartner, he would, in engaging in the conjoint activity, have the same interest in its accomplishment which others have.

From Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education by John Dewey

In the inquiry of the president's wife about the condition of his copartner in adventure he found a second source of dissatisfaction.

From Bertram Cope's Year by Henry Blake Fuller

The friend and servant of Antichrist, his copartner in crime and profligacy.

From Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero by Jeremiah Curtin

But he would not permit himself to become a silent copartner in what, to his strict notion of the inviolability of the marriage contract, was one of the most heinous crimes against society and morals.

From Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 by Slason Thompson

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