partner

Either of a pair of people or things that belong together.

He Suſpends on theſe Reaſons, that Thomas Rue had granted a general Diſcharge to Adam Muſhet, who was his Conjunct, and correus debendi, after the alleadged Service, which Diſcharged Muſhet, and conſequently Houstoun his Partner.

1668 July 3, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 548

Someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest.

A member of a business or law partnership.

New guidance on how to prosecute abusive partners for controlling and coercive behaviour has highlighted the phenomenon of love-bombing, a tactic used by suspects to confuse victims and gain more control.

2023 April 23, Amelia Gentleman, “CPS includes ‘love-bombing’ in guidance on abusive partners prosecution”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

A spouse or other person with whom one shares a domestic, romantic or sexual bond.

He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance.[…]But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again her partner was haled off with a frightened look to the royal circle, […].

1909, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter I, in The Squire’s Daughter, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, published 1919, →OCLC:

Someone with whom one dances in a two-person dance.

Someone with whom one plays on the same side in a game, such as card games or doubles tennis.

business partner

dance partner

doubles partner

speaking partner

sex partner

(nautical) One of the pieces of wood comprising the framework which strengthens the deck of a wooden ship around the holes through which the mast and other fittings pass.

(Jamaica) A group financial arrangement in which each member contributes a set amount of money over a set period.

→ Albanian: partner

→ Czech: partner

→ Danish: partner

→ Dutch: partner

→ French: partenaire

→ German: Partner

→ Hungarian: partner

→ Irish: páirtnéir

→ Italian: partner

→ Japanese: パートナー (pātonā)

→ Korean: 파트너 (pateuneo)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: partner

→ Persian: پارتنر (pârtner)

→ Polish: partner

→ Portuguese: partner

→ Serbo-Croatian: pȁrtner, па̏ртнер

→ Swedish: partner

→ West Frisian: partner

partner

someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest

գործընկեր

a member of a business or law partnership

партньо́р

either member of a pair in a card game or sports team (1.4)

From Middle English partener, partiner, alteration (due to Middle English part) of Middle English parcener, from Old French parçonier, parçonneour (“joint heir”) from parçon (“partition”), from Latin partītiōnem, singular accusative of partītiō (“portion”). The word may also represent Old French part tenour (“part holder”). Compare also Middle English partifere (“partner”), partifelewe (“partner”). Doublet of parcener.


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“In the current period, when people are embedded in social and informational bubbles with like-minded friends and relatives,” he says, “the idea of partnering with someone from a different bubble is understandably daunting. At a minimum it’s awkward and complicated.”

2020 October 6, Belinda Luscombe, “Would You Date Someone With Different Political Beliefs? Here's What a Survey of 5,000 Single People Revealed”, in Time:

Tesco has partnered with Direct Rail Services (DRS) to launch a new refrigerated rail freight service from Tilbury to Coatbridge.

2022 January 12, “Network News: New freight trips for Tesco and DRS”, in RAIL, number 948, page 12:

(intransitive, often with with) To work or perform as a partner.

en-verb

partner (third-person singular simple present partners, present participle partnering, simple past and past participle partnered)

partners (present singular third-person)
partnering (participle present)
partnered (participle past)
partnered (past)

⇒ Cantonese: part (paat¹)