a partner or associate, esp an equal partner in business
copartner in American English
(koʊˈpɑrtnər; ˈkoʊˌpɑrtnər)
noun
a partner, or associate
Derived forms
copartnership (coˈpartnerˌship)
noun
copartner in American English
(kouˈpɑːrtnər, ˈkouˌpɑːrt-)
noun
a partner or associate, as in a business
Derived forms
copartnership
noun
Word origin
[1495–1505; co- + partner]This word is first recorded in the period 1495–1505. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: catechism, outside, printer, runt, slopeco- is a prefix meaning “with,” “together,” “in association,” sometimes with the derivedsense “auxiliary, subsidiary” (coenzyme; copilot), and, in mathematics and astronomy, with the sense “complement” (codeclination)