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noun

Partner n.

One who has a part in anything with an other; a partaker; an associate; a sharer. "Partner of his fortune." Hence:

(a)

A husband or a wife.

(b)

Either one of a couple who dance together.

(c)

One who shares as a member of a partnership in the management, or in the gains and losses, of a business. "My other self, the partner of my life."

(Law) An associate in any business or occupation; a member of a partnership. See Partnership.

pl. (Naut.) A framework of heavy timber surrounding an opening in a deck, to strengthen it for the support of a mast, pump, capstan, or the like.

Dormant partner, or Silent partner. See under Dormant, a.

Synonyms: Associate; colleague; coadjutor; confederate; partaker; participator; companion; comrade; mate.

verb

Partner v. t. To associate, to join. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Partner'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Partner" Quotes from Famous Books

... "that a poor minister, without much power of eloquence, and commissioned of the Lord to speak unpopular truths, and whose worldly condition, in consequence, is never likely to be very prosperous,—that such an one could scarcely be deemed a suitable partner for so very beautiful a young woman, who might expect proposals, in a temporal point of view, of a much more advantageous nature; and I am therefore the more struck and overpowered ...

— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 4, No. 24, Oct. 1859 • Various

... rose-coloured description of Elsa's feelings and affections. She had perception enough to know that the picture could not be true. Presently I took the liberty of informing her by a glance that I was not a partner in the delusion. She showed no surprise; but the fruit of my act was that she detained me by a gesture, after Cousin Elizabeth had taken her leave. For a few moments she sat ...

— The King's Mirror • Anthony Hope

... a partner—Dick Burley by name—and we put in the winter among the beaver runs and mountains over to the northwest. We done so poor that I let Dick start with the pack animals for St. Louis, without me going with him. He hadn't more than half ...

— Deerfoot in The Mountains • Edward S. Ellis

... O star transcendent, That I fold thee to my breast? Now I know, what depths of anguish May in parting be expressed. Yes, 'tis thou, of all my blisses Lovely, loving partner—thou! Mindful of my bygone sorrows, E'en the present awes ...

— The German Classics of The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, • Editor-in-Chief: Kuno Francke

... had hardly been convinced that the old way of imparting knowledge was not superior to the then modern combination of amusement and instruction; therefore, although with his partner, David Hall, he without doubt sold such children's books as were available, for his daughter Sally, aged seven, he had other views. At his request his wife, in December, 1751, wrote the following ...

— Forgotten Books of the American Nursery - A History of the Development of the American Story-Book • Rosalie V. Halsey

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