单词 | domestic partner |
释义 | domestic partner in American English either partner (sense 2) of an unmarried heterosexual or homosexual couple in a relationship (domestic partnership) considered as being equivalent to marriage for the purpose of extending certain legal rights and employment benefits domestic partner in American Englishnoun either member of an unmarried, cohabiting couple that seeks benefits usu. available only to spouses Derived forms domestic partnershipWord origin [1975–80]This word is first recorded in the period 1975–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bench press, front-load, gridlock, retrovirus, videotexExamples of 'domestic partner' in a sentence |
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