partner

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After Mr. Keefer and I had finished our ride, I drove the team to our barn, and jumping out, ordered them taken care of; and as my partner was away, I also began giving orders about the general business, and reprimanded one of the hostlers for neglecting his work.

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  1. noun One that is united or associated with another or others in an activity or a sphere of common interest, especially:
  2. noun A member of a business partnership.
  3. noun A spouse.
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  • VH1 production and programming veep Brad Abramson said that when Kopple and King approached the cabler about airing the doc, bringing on History as a partner was a logical next step. —  Variety.com
  • Women who pool their finances with a spouse or a partner are also likely to suffer more if the relationship ends.
  • Meanwhile, more than one in five mothers (22\%) maintain their partner is the least willing to embrace the local cuisine on family holidays, whilst 60\% find their children to be the fussiest eaters. —  TravelDailyNews.com
  • "On a personal level, my sister and her partner are an important part of my life and our children's life," he said. —  Pam's House Blend - Front Page
  • On a personal level, my sister and her partner are an important part of my life and our children's life. —  Pam's House Blend - Front Page
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manager ·  companion ·  customer ·  member ·  friend ·  owner ·  employee ·  agent ·  teacher ·  colleague ·  lawyer ·  organization

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partner:   partners ·  partnered
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English partener, alteration (influenced by part, part) of parcener, parcener; see parcener.

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  1. Early modern English partener; from Middle English partener, partiner, partenere, pertenere, pertynere, a variant (apparently due to association with the primitive word part, and to the confusion of c and t, which were written alike in many manuscripts) of parcener: see parcener.
  2. from partner, n.
 

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