partner
[pahrt-ner]
- a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
- Law.
- a person associated with another or others as a principal or a contributor of capital in a business or a joint venture, usually sharing its risks and profits.
- special partner.
- silent partner.
- a spouse; a husband or a wife.
- the person with whom one cohabits in a romantic relationship: I'd like you to meet my partner, Sarah.
- either of two people who dance together: my favorite partner in the waltz.
- a player on the same side or team as another: My tennis partner was an excellent player.
- partners, Nautical. a framework of timber round a hole in a ship's deck, to support a mast, capstan, pump, etc.
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- to associate as a partner or partners with.
- to serve as the partner of.
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Origin of partner
Synonyms
See more synonyms for partner on Thesaurus.com1. colleague, accessory, accomplice.
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Examples from the Web for partners
Contemporary Examples
What if there were a legal dispute between the foreign investor and his or her Egyptian partners or collaborators?
I know that many people do not feel they possess their partners and lovers.
Back then, when partners of stars melted into the background, it was a barnstorming stealing of the show.
YouTube has signed up over a million partners (people who agree to run ads over their videos to make money from their content).
Women also reported initiating sex more frequently with partners who had a sense of humor.
Historical Examples
Well, as I was saying, the camping company consists of two partners.
In the Midst of AlarmsRobert Barr
The young Arab spoke to the boards as though they were partners in his iniquity.
ThoroughbredsW. A. Fraser
One condition of friendship is that the partners in it should be known to each other.
Green MansionsW. H. Hudson
His own partners would be torn from him, and turned out upon the world.
It was certainly true that she had seen changes of partners.
The Incomplete AmoristE. Nesbit
partners
- nautical a wooden construction around an opening in a deck, as to support a mast
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partner
- an ally or companiona partner in crime
- a member of a partnership
- one of a pair of dancers or players on the same side in a gamemy bridge partner
- either member of a couple in a relationship
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- to be or cause to be a partner (of)
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Word Origin
C14: variant (influenced by part) of parcener
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Word Origin and History for partners
partner
v.
1610s, transitive, "to make a partner," from partner (n.). Intransitive sense from 1961. Related: Partnered; partnering.
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partner
n.
c.1300, altered from parcener (late 13c.), from Old French parçonier "partner, associate; joint owner, joint heir," from parçon "partition, division. portion, share, lot," from Latin partitionem (nominative partitio) "a sharing, partition, division, distribution" (see partition (n.)). Form in English influenced by part (n.). The word also may represent Old French part tenour "part holder."
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