partnern.1
/ˈpɑːtnə/, U.S. /ˈpɑrtnər/ 1. A person with a joint share in or use of something; a person who is party to something. In early use: a sharer or partaker (in or of something).
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the mind > possession > sharing > [noun] > a sharer
partnerc1300
parcenera1325
partaker?a1425
parcenela1450
partman1468
party-taker?c1475
partsman1483
snapperc1555
partakener1565
sharer1580
co-sharer1596
sharesman1635
comportioner1706
the mind > possession > sharing > [noun] > a sharer > in association with others
partnerc1300
commoner1357
fellowa1382
parti-fellowa1500
participant1543
communer1548
parting fellow1557
participator1639
c1300 St. Thomas Apostle (Harl.) 130 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 575 Blescede ȝou for ȝe scholde of heuene beo partiner.
c1350 Apocalypse St. John: A Version (Harl. 874) (1961) 6 (MED) Ich, Iohan, ȝoure broþer & partinere in tribulaciouns..duelle in pacience in Iesu crist.
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 12 An aungel..is partiner of inmortalite, for he may not deye.
c1440 (?a1396) W. Hilton in G. G. Perry Eng. Prose Treat. (1921) 16 (MED) Þe saule es puneschede in the sensualite, and þe flesche es partynere of þe payne.
c1475 Mankind (1969) 284 (MED) Of hys blysse perpetuall ȝe xall be partener.
c1480 (a1400) St. Clement 808 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 396 God has [send] me til ȝow here of ȝoure crone to be parthenere.
a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 67 (MED) Thi Maister and our Iusticer hath made vs to be parteners of His goodenes and to be brought to His clemence.
a1535 J. Fisher Wayes to Perfect Relig. in Eng. Wks. (1876) i. 382 You shall be partener to the more plentuous aboundance of his loue.
1567 N. Throckmorton Let. to Leicester in W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. (1759) II. App. 47 It may please your lordship to make my lord Stuard partner of this letter.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 43 He intreated a gentleman of Friesland to admit me partner of his bed.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 276 Then call the Gods, for Partners of our Feast: And Jove himself the chief invited Guest.
1718 N. Rowe tr. Lucan Pharsalia i. 174 No Faith, no Trust, no Friendship, shall be known Among the jealous Partners of a Throne.
1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xiii. 382 Maximian, the equal partner of his power, was his only companion in the glory of that day.
1840 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VII. lvi. 131 Acknowledged as partner of Arridæus Philip in the empire.
1870 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 2) I. App. 716 A wife worthy to be the partner of his Empire.
1909 G. Drage Austria-Hungary 560 The ex lex years had shown that the relations between the two partners in the monarchy rested upon shifting sand.
1990 D. Zohar Quantum Self xv. 209 It is a concept in terms of which it makes sense to speak of human beings..as conceived in the image of God, or as partners in God's creation.
2.
a. A person who takes part with another or others in doing something, esp. either of a pair of people engaged together in the same activity, occupation, etc.; an associate, companion, or accomplice; †a participant (obsolete).Sometimes (chiefly U.S. colloquial) as a form of address: friend, buddy. (cf. pardner n.).
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society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a companion or associate > [noun]
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brothereOE
ymonec950
headlingOE
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fellowOE
friendOE
eveningOE
evenlinglOE
even-nexta1225
compeerc1275
monec1300
companiona1325
partnerc1330
peerc1330
neighbour?c1335
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matec1380
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sociatec1430
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partyc1443
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pareil?c1450
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resortc1475
socius1480
copartner?1504
billy?a1513
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panion1553
consorterc1556
compartner1564
co-mate1576
copemate1577
competitor1579
consociate1579
coach-companion1589
comrade1591
consort1592
callant1597
comrado1598
associate1601
coach-fellow1602
rival1604
social1604
concomitanta1639
concerner1639
consociator1646
compane1647
societary1652
bor1677
socius1678
interessora1687
companioness1691
rendezvouser1742
connection1780
frater1786
matey1794
pardner1795
left bower1829
running mate1867
stable companion1868
pard1872
buddy1895
maat1900
bro1922
stable-mate1941
bredda1969
Ndugu1973
the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun] > one who engages in an activity or occupation > one who takes part in an activity
partner1503–4
assister1705
participator1880
society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a companion or associate > [noun] > colleague or fellow-worker
fellowOE
consort1419
confrerec1425
companionc1523
labour-fellow1526
yokefellow1526
colleaguea1533
associate1533
adjunct1554
yokemate1567
colleagen1579
co-agenta1600
co-operatora1600
collateralc1600
co-workman1619
co-workera1643
partner1660
co-operatrix1674
co-agitator1683
co-adjoint1689
adjoint1738
side-partner1845
co-operatress1865
maugh1868
with-worker1884
c1330 in T. Wright Polit. Songs Eng. (1839) 337 (MED) If the king in his lond maketh a taxacioun, And everi man is i-set to a certein raunczoun, Hit shal be so for-pinched, to-toilled, and to-twiht, That halvendel shal gon..Ther beth so manye parteners.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) 26677 (MED) Þai be sammin partenare [a1400 Vesp. partear] & wroȝt togeder a sinful dede.
c1475 (c1450) P. Idley Instr. to his Son (Cambr.) (1935) i. 585 (MED) A Iuge that iustely spareth to do the lawe Maynteyneth a theiff..Thus is he parteyner of al his mysdede.
1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 34 §2 The seid Erle was not prevy nor partener to the offens of his seid sonne.
a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 64/1 He wyth other pertiners of that counsayle, drew aboute the duke.
?1569 T. Norton Warnyng agaynst Papistes (title) A warnyng agaynst the dangerous practises of papistes, and specially the parteners of the late rebellion.
1611 Bible (King James) Prov. xxix. 24 Who so is partner with a thiefe hateth his owne soule. View more context for this quotation
1660 A. Marvell Let. 3 Jan. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 14 I suppose this day my good Partner Mr Ramsden will arrive at Hull.
1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 248 My new Partner in Wickedness and I went on together so long, without being ever detected, that we not only grew Bold, but we grew Rich.
1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 126 He had set out from his cottage with this poor creature [sc. an ass], who had been a patient partner of his journey.
1846 G. C. Furber Twelve Months Volunteer (1848) 229 ‘Didn't I tell you so,’ he shouted; ‘shell me out three dollars, old partner; I only came to break your bank; whoop!’
1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 96 Laches and I are partners in the argument.
1965 C. Brown Manchild in Promised Land iii. 77 Just about everybody had..one good friend or partner. When two or three guys were partners, they would share every thing..packages from home,..things they stole.
1987 E. Leonard Bandits iv. 58 How you doing, partner?
2000 Out Oct. 48/1 Her rapping partner, Cazwell, is male, white, and gay.
b. partner in crime n. a (habitual) criminal accomplice. Also humorously in later use: one of a pair of people or things often associated or seen together.
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society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > a criminal or law-breaker > one who assists
fellowa1382
accessory1414
accessary1451
confederate1495
confederator1536
snapperc1555
complice1581
accomplice?1589
assistor1601
socius criminis1602
fedariea1616
complier1619
particeps criminisa1634
correspondent1639
complicate1662
capper1753
palc1770
partner in crime1831
sidekick1893
side-kicker1894
ram1941
1810 S. Green Romance Readers & Romance Writers III. xxiii. 138 In order to be truely reconciled to that injured wife, he must never behold the partner in his crime again.]
1831 Times 16 Dec. 1/2 Nothing was easier than for him to say that he fully adhered to the statement made by his partner in crime.
1837 Biblical Repertory Jan. 51 An adulterer was banished for a year, and with his partner in crime was driven by the hangman through the whole city.
1875 Appletons' Jrnl. 16 Oct. 498/3 Make a good woman a partner in crime, and you pull down the very foundations of society.
1900 J. Conrad Lord Jim vii. 84 He discovered at once a desire that I should not confound him with his partners in—in crime, let us call it.
1929 A. Christie (title) Partners in crime.
1977 Zigzag June 4/1 Eight years of gigging, writing, starving and eccentric attention-grabbing projects..have gone into helping Otway and his partner-in-crime Wild Willy Barrett to their current level of acceptance.
1997 Men's Health Sept. 58/1 On the deli counter taramasalata is usually found next to its partner in crime, hummus.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > [noun] > supporter or encourager > one who takes someone's part
partner1395
partakera1450
participant1554
partakener1565
sideman1572
sider1616
sidesman1647
Remonstr. against Romish Corruptions (Titus) (1851) 58 I am parteneer of alle that dreden thee.
a1400 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 67 (MED) Wiþ hem þat gon in a liȝt conscience was I neuere a partiner.
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Hosea iv. 17 Effraym is the partener [c1384 E.V. parcener] of idols; leeue thou him.
4. Business. Any of a number of individuals with interests and investments in a business or enterprise, among whom expenses, profits, and losses are shared.dormant, predominant, sleeping partner: see the first element.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > businessman > [noun] > partner
partnerc1460
trading partner1780
c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn 3026 (MED) When wee out of Rome saillid both in fere, Tho I was thy felawe & thy partynere, ffor tho the marchandise was more þen halff myne.
1523 Act 14 & 15 Hen. VIII c. 4 §1 (2) They occupie here..not onely for them selfe, but also colourably for other straungers, their frendes, and partiners.
1574 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 513 Not keping societie in the furthering and furnissing of money..as the partinaris..sall appoint.
1613 Compt Bk. D. Wedderburne (1898) 240 Tua punscheounis Wyne perteining to Walter Kynnereis & pairtenaris.
1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 4 Which losse broak my fathers partner, Robert Pontoine.
1713 Boston News-let. 13 Apr. 2/2 Messieurs Francis Clarke and Grove Hirst of Boston Merchants, their time of Partnership being now Expired, and resolving not to act any longer as Partners, save to shut up their Accounts now open in their Books, do signify the same.
1790 A. Smith Theory Moral Sentiments (ed. 6) II. vi. §ii. i. 83 Colleagues in office, partners in trade, call one another brothers; and frequently feel towards one another as if they really were so.
1817 W. Selwyn Abridgem. Law Nisi Prius (ed. 4) II. 1055 How far the Acts of one Partner are binding on his Co~partners.
1833 H. Martineau Berkeley the Banker i. i. 18 In Scotland, there are a great many partners in a bank, which makes it very secure.
1891 Daily News 30 Sept. 7/1 On attaining his majority he was elected partner in the firm, of which at the present moment he is sole partner.
1918 G. C. Davidson North West Co. viii. 226 The highest rank among the persons engaged in the actual trading was that of partner.
1953 J. L. Hanson Textbk. Econ. iii. vi. 93 Partners have equal powers and responsibilities, and each is jointly liable with his co-partners for all the debts and obligations of the firm.
2000 N.Y. Times 31 Dec. xi. 2/5 He has just one partner in a small investment banking firm called Wellfleet Partners.
5.
a. A person who is linked by marriage to another, a spouse; a member of a couple who live together or are habitual companions; a lover.Now increasingly used in legal and contractual contexts to refer to a member of a couple in a long-standing relationship of any kind, so as to give equal recognition to marriage, cohabitation, same-sex relationships, etc.Early usage history: Quots. 1577 and 1603 come from the correspondence of Richard and Anne Broughton (née Bagot), who use the term repeatedly in referring to one another in correspondence with other members of their family circle. Such use has not been found elsewhere at this date.
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the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [noun] > long-term lover or companion
partner1577
rider1607
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > [noun] > spouse, consort, or partner
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matchOE
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likea1393
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partyc1443
espouse?c1450
bedfellow1490
yokefellow?1542
espousal1543
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mate1549
marrow1554
paragon1557
yokemate1567
partner1577
better halfa1586
twin1592
moiety1611
copemate1631
consort1634
half-marrow1637
matrimonya1640
helpmeet1661
other half1667
helpmate1715
spousie1735
life companion1763
worse half1783
life partner1809
domestic partner1815
ball and chain1921
lover1969
1577 R. Broughton Let. 13 May (Folger L.a.240) If by death my partner should lose her partner I shall prouide for her out of that litle a competent partners part. as touchinge my partners apparell I haue sent vnto her the graue determynacion of a taylor.
1603 A. Broughton Let. 13 Apr. (Folger L.a.232) My Euer good brother mr. Higines opinione was, that my Partner mvst bee att the bathe before maye, hie is gone thether & on satter day I shall heare Doctar shurwoodes opinione.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 128 I stand Before my Judge, either to undergoe My self the total Crime, or to accuse My other self, the partner of my life. View more context for this quotation
1749 T. Smollett Regicide ii. viii. 27 What means the gentle Part'ner of my Heart?
1789 A. Francis Poet. Transl. Song of Solomon Pref. p. viii She speaks but little; just enough to convince her royal partner of the preference her heart gives him.
1816 R. Southey Poet's Pilgrimage to Waterloo i. i. viii So forth I set..And took the partner of my life with me.
1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul II. ix. xxxii. 69 The believing wife or husband might win to the faith the unbelieving partner.
1884 W. Cudworth Dial. Sketches 112 He cud liv o' luv, if shoo wor nobbut his pairtner.
1977 Gay News 24 Mar. 14/3 It is relatively easy for homosexual partners to back-track from their mistakes in partner selection.
1994 Origins Autumn 7/1 If my partner was a man, even if we weren't married I would have got Unemployment Insurance.
2000 Adv. Driving (Inst. Adv. Motorists) Summer 51/2 If you are a married or cohabiting man, try adding your partner to your insurance policy.
b. A participant in sexual activity with another.
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1940 L. E. Hinsie & J. Shatzky Psychiatric Dict. 403/2 Passivism, a form of sexual perversion in which the subject, usually male, is submissive to the will of the partner in the unnatural sexual practices.
1971 Southerly 31 11 There may be a suggestion of nostalgie de la boue in his choice of sexual partners.
2002 Loaded July (Encycl. Eroticus Suppl.) 17/2 While in an open-mouthed kiss, suck in deeply so you're sucking the air from your partner.
6. A dancing companion. Cf. dancing-partner n. at dancing n. Compounds 2.
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society > leisure > dancing > dancer generally > [noun] > couple > partner
striver1616
partner1623
dancing-partner1920
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. iv. 107 Lead in your Ladies eu'ry one: Sweet Partner, I must not yet forsake you. View more context for this quotation
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 515. ⁋3 I at first Entrance declared him my Partner if I danced at all.
1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VII. xliv. 159 Changing only partners and tunes, I danced it away from Lunel to Montpellier.
1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice I. xviii. 213 Such very superior dancing is not often seen... Allow me to say, however, that your fair partner does not disgrace you. View more context for this quotation
1869 Eng. Mech. 3 Dec. 271/3 Performing with his partner a ‘ladies' chain’ in their fantastic quadrille.
1942 E. Langley Pea Pickers i. 13 Gent negligently holds the concertina behind his partner's neck and plays as he dances with her.
1996 Frank 11 Sept. 21 Several jeroboams of bubbly later, she took to the dance floor with rhumba partner Michael Harrison.
2002 Washington Post 18 Jan. (Home ed.) d33/3 It's a ‘mixer’, with dancers changing partners at random several times during the course of the song.
7. Cards (esp. Bridge); now also Sport (as Tennis, Croquet, etc.). Either of a pair of players forming a team. Also in Cricket: either of the two batters occupying the wicket at the same time; one of a pair of bowlers taking turns to bowl overs.
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society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] > player on same side
partner1633
1633 J. Shirley Wittie Faire One i. sig. B2v But you did motion cards, Ile chuse my partner And for a set or two I'me at your seruice.
1680 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester (ed. 2) x. 84 If he can have some petty glimpse of his Partners hand.
1742 E. Hoyle Short Treat. Game Whist xiii. 28 If the Leader of that Suit, or his Partner, have the long Trump.
1778 T. Jones Hoyle's Games Improved 60 It appears to you that your Partner has the last Trump.
1816 W. Lambert Instr. & Rules Cricket 35 The Striker should be careful and attentive in running both own and partner's hits.
?1870 F. Hardy & J. R. Ware Mod. Hoyle 1 [Article Whist] The players are divided into a couple of groups, each group being partners, and therefore winning or losing together. Partners sit opposite each other.
1875 J. D. Heath Compl. Croquet-player 49 He never thinks of his partner at all, but places himself in front of his own hoop!
1934 P. Bottome Private Worlds iii. 26 The girl was going to be married to her tennis partner.
1976 J. Snow Cricket Rebel 25 Tony Buss, his opening partner, was far more dangerous to face than he looked from the ringside.
2001 Times 5 Dec. ii. 23/1 The way to find out where partner has his ace(s) is to initiate a ‘cue-bidding’ sequence.
8. to go partners: to become friends or associates (with a person or thing); to form a partnership; (in later use also) to share the profits or rewards of an undertaking. Also †to go in partner. Cf. go v. 35d.
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society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a companion or associate > accompany or be companions [verb (intransitive)]
accompany?1490
assist1553
to walk (also travel) in the way with1611
to go partners1716
to draw up1723
to shake together1861
to pal up (also around, out, etc.)1889
1716 B. Griffin Humours of Purgatory ii. ii. 37 Darius and he [sc. Alexander the Great] go Partners here [i.e. in Purgatory].
1725 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman I. iv. 44 He goes in partner with C. D., a scarlet-dyer, called a bow-dyer, at Wandsworth.
1795 S. T. Coleridge Let. 19 Jan. (1956) I. 150 Some 5 men going partners together.
1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) vi. 54 Isabella Wardle and Mr. Trundle ‘went partners’.
1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South II. vi. 76 If you can help me to trap Lieutenant Hale, Miss Dixon, we'll go partners in the reward.
1928 ‘Brent of Bin Bin’ Up Country iii. xxii. 360 I want to go partners.
1973 R. Travers Murder in Blue Mountains ii. 13 His carefully written advertisement, offering to go partners on equal shares in a prospecting trip, was at first placed in the evening paper.
2003 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 15 Mar. (Weekend section) 6 He went partners with a high-rolling drug importer named Tony Tucker.
9. Biology. Each of a group of two or more symbiotically associated organisms. Frequently attributive.
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the world > life > biology > balance of nature > organisms in interrelationship > [noun] > one or each of two
commensal1872
mutualist1874
symbiont1887
symbiote1897
parasymbiont1911
partner1924
parabiont1935
coactee1939
coactor1939
epibiont1949
1924 J. A. Thomson Sci. Old & New xxvii. 147 The fungus partners, which supply the water and salts, sometimes get the upper hand and absorb their partner algae, without which, however, they cannot continue to live.
a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xiii. 292 Cockroaches always have partner (symbiotic) yeasts in their alimentary canal, and these ferment the multifarious food.
1970 Canad. Jrnl. Zool. 48 371 (heading) The association of Calliactis tricolor with its pagurid, calappid, and majid partners in the Caribbean.
1991 Seaword 19 2/1 Corals expel a symbiotic partner from their digestive system, an alga called zooxanthella, which gives corals their distinctive colors.
Compounds
C1. † partner-cause n. Obsolete
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1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. x. 186 This great overthrow, to omit lesse partner-causes, is chiefly imputed to the Templars..breaking the truce with the Sultan of Babylon.
partner state n.
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1902 Daily Chron. 5 Aug. 3/2 He calls them [sc. Colonies] rather happily ‘Partner-States’.
1973 Transition No. 43. 44/1 The court..is based in Nairobi, Kenya, but moves between the capitals of the other partner states on a kind of English circuit system.
2003 Hindu (Nexis) 12 Apr. Uttar Pradesh will be made a partner State on the lines of partnership entered with Rajasthan for the joint promotion of tourism in both the States.
C2. † partner agency n. Obsolete a shared role.
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1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (Heb. i. 6) The manhood..hath a partner-agency..in the work of redemption and mediation.
partner dance n. a type of dance performed by two people in coordination with each other and usually with set or choreographed steps.
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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > dance for specific number of people > [noun]
pas de deux1762
pas de trois1762
pas seul1786
pas de quatre1846
pas de seul1870
twosome1911
ensemble1915
partner dance1915
foursome1926
1915 Waterloo (Iowa) Evening Courier 9 Oct. 9/6 Miss Armstrong and Miss Elizabeth Wisner gave a Spanish partner dance.
1981 Dance Res. Jrnl. 13 30/1 He gladly taught her the hora in exchange for authentic Austrian ländlers, a gliding, waltz-like partner dance.
2013 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 19 Apr. (Life section) West Coast Swing..differs from other partner dances in its interactions between the lead and follow. In West Coast Swing, the follow (woman) is able to add her own moves to the dance.
partners' desk n. (also partner desk, partner's desk, partners desk) a large desk at which two people may sit facing one another.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > desk > [noun]
deskc1405
lectern1509
dess1552
book desk1686
prie-dieu1687
bureau1698
secretary1803
toys1816
secretaire1818
consulting-desk1823
slope1833
box-desk1860
roll-top1884
type-desk1901
partners' desk1925
partners' pedestal desk1930
console1944
1925 Times 27 July 1/5 (advt.) Bankers—Partner's desk, new condition, rich brown oak..drawers in frieze both sides.
1986 W. Bentley Private Accts. (1988) 40 At one end was a perspex dining-table, and at the other a Victorian partner desk covered with papers.
2002 Evening Standard (Nexis) 4 Dec. 9 There's a classic Georgian partner's desk, 1920s Venetian lamps on Edwardian side tables and a late 20th century sculpture in the Deco fireplace.
partners' pedestal desk n. = partners' desk n.
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1930 Times 5 June 3/2 (advt.) Mahogany partner's pedestal desk, fitted four short legs to ends of pedestals, fully pannelled sides [etc.].
1946 Connoisseur Dec. p. i (advt.) Mahogany Partners' Pedestal Desk in style of William Kent. Circa 1745.
2001 Irish Times (Nexis) 20 Oct. 21 A most unusual 19th century partners' pedestal desk in chinoiserie-style green lacquer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
partnern.2
/ˈpɑːtnə/, U.S. /ˈpɑrtnər/ Nautical.
Any of several timbers forming a framework secured to and strengthening the deck of a wooden ship around the holes through which the masts, capstan, pump, etc., pass. Chiefly in plural: such a framework.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > timbers of hull > timber framing hole in deck
partner1432
1432–7 Naval Acct. in B. Sandahl Middle Eng. Sea Terms (1951) I. 79 (MED) Et in xxvj peciis maeremij emptis de prefato Johanne pro bemes, fforlokes, paukeners, hurdyse, [etc.].
1599 W. Raleigh in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. ii. 199 The length of the keele was 100 foote, of the maine-mast 121 foot, and the circuite about at the partners 10 foote 7 inches.
a1608 F. Vere Comm. (1657) 48 My main mast being in the partners rent to the very spindell.
1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. l. 219 Our Main mast breaking in the Parteners of the Upper-deck, disabled both our Pumps.
1780 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Partners, certain pieces of plank nailed round the several scuttles, or holes, in a ship's deck, wherein are contained the masts and capsterns. They are used to strengthen the deck where it is weakened by those breaches, but particularly to support it when the mast leans against it.
1874 S. J. P. Thearle Naval Archit. (new ed.) I. 47 The mast holes of a ship with wood beams are framed with a series of carlings termed fore and aft partners, cross partners, and angle chocks.
1955 C. N. Longridge Anat. Nelson's Ships i. ii. 46 The special timbers on each deck arranged to keep the mast steady..are..called the ‘partners’ and were pieces of thick plank fitted between the beams and strengthened by strong knees.
1987 Yachting World Apr. 102/3 The three-panel, Selden mast..was not chocked at the partners as it should have been and this made the rig a little soft during our test.
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1869 E. J. Reed Shipbuilding xv. 273 In some ships the partner-plates have been cut away in order to allow corner chocks of the wood partners to pass down through in one length.
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partnerv.
/ˈpɑːtnə/, U.S. /ˈpɑrtnər/ rare before 19th cent.
1. transitive. To make (a person) a partner; to join or associate with someone or something else. Usually in passive.
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society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > associate with [verb (transitive)] > associate with as partner > make (someone) a partner
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. vi. 122 A Lady So faire,..to be partner'd With Tomboyes. View more context for this quotation
1819 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 5 592 A respectable accompaniment of lads and ‘lasses free’; with whom it is time to partner ourselves on the green.
1898 Times 10 June 11/4 Harry Vardon, who was partnered with Bob Simpson.
1909 Westm. Gaz. 8 Feb. 12/4 Supposing a plus 3 man is partnered with a steady player whose handicap is 8, the two as a foursome side would be handicapped at 5.
1970 J. Earl How to choose Tuners & Amplifiers i. 14 Most amplifiers can be partnered with a tuner of matching style and size.
2000 Petcare Jan. 3/3 Finally the dog is partnered with a disabled person during a two-week intensive residential course.
2. To associate or work as partners; to become partners, enter into partnership or a relationship.
a. intransitive. With with.
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society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > associate together or with [verb (intransitive)] > associate as partners
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1859 J. W. Loguen Rev. J. W. Loguen 79 He partnered with his brothers Carnes and Manasseth in the crime that kidnapped her when a little child.
1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Him and me, we partnered once. A. B. Mayse.
1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. (Mag.) 9/2 In 1929 he partnered with a U.S. businessman, Ben Raeburn, to publish a series of ‘forbidden’ sex books.
1985 L. McMurtry Lonesome Dove (1986) xxiv. 222 It's odd I partnered with a man like you.
2000 Daily Tel. 7 Mar. 39/4 Alba has partnered with Pace Micro Technology, which manufactures set-top boxes for digital TV.
b. intransitive. With up, off.
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1982 Legal Times (Nexis) 4 Jan. 3 Former SEC and FERC enforcer Theodore Sonde..has partnered up with D.C.'s Cole & Corette.
1991 P. Lewis Martial Arts 53 These advanced techniques involve partnering up with a fellow student and following a step-by-step routine of attack, defence and counter-attack.
1996 Washington Times (Nexis) 26 Sept. m4 We usually do a footwork drill to Irish music... After that, we'll start partnering off, and the students will create their own phrases or fights.
2001 National Post (Canada) 25 Aug. w2/1 She..explained that being single in Toronto is most definitely over. ‘No one's doing it any more. Everyone's partnering up for life.’
3. transitive. To be or act as the partner of; (spec. in Ballet) to lift or support (a dancer) (cf. partnering n. 2).
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society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > associate with [verb (transitive)] > associate with as partner
to go (also be) mates1842
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1876 J. B. L. Warren Soldier of Fortune iii. iii. 268 You partnered me, And raked the ashes up in our dull home.
1882 Daily Tel. 24 June The Colonials had scored 192 for the loss of four wickets,..on resuming Bonnor partnered Giffen.
1894 N. Brit. Daily Mail 4 Sept. 3 Golf... The Right Hon. A. J. Balfour..had a couple of rounds, partnering Mr. A. M. Ross against Mr. R. M. Harvey and Mr. Ben Sayers.
1955 Times 13 June 12/5 On Saturday night Miss Smythe had partnered Flanagan to victory in the opening event of the Show.
1977 New Yorker 4 July 70/2 Charles Ward and Clark Tippet are soloists who do not belong in the premier-danseur roles they have to assume in order to partner Gregory or van Hamel.
1990 N.Y. Times 4 Feb. h9 It is no longer unusual to see women partnering—hefting and carrying—men in modern dance.
2001 Terrorizer Sept. 16/2 Now partnered by vocalist Apollos, Intra-Venus' recent sophomore effort ‘Irreverence’ continues their masterly fusion of traditional goth aesthetics and contemporary darkwave sounds.
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