domestic partner

[duh-mes-tik pahrt-ner]

noun

1. either member of an unmarried, cohabiting heterosexual or gay couple whose relationship status grants certain legal rights and protections similar to those of spouses.

Other Word Forms

• domestic partnership noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of domestic partner¹

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

In a ruling that limits the 2nd Amendment, the justices vote 8 to 1 that dangerous people who have threatened a domestic partner can lose their right to possess a gun.

From Los Angeles Times

Goldberg then moved to the state Assembly in 2000 for six years, where she authored two state education bonds and domestic partner legislation that gave LGBTQ+ couples new rights.

From Los Angeles Times

Which doesn’t sound all that remarkable — until I mention that she had been a victim of domestic partner abuse up until the year before her death.

From Los Angeles Times

If your name is not listed on the residency documents you can use a birth certificate, marriage license or domestic partner registration document to prove your relationship with the person listed on the residency document.

From Los Angeles Times

Wagoner was also one of the attorneys who represented a divorced Arkansas man who had been prohibited from having overnight visitation with his child in the presence of his long-term domestic partner.

From Seattle Times