plus-one
noun
ˈpləs-ˈwən 
: a person who accompanies an invited guest to an event or gathering at which guests are allowed to bring a companion or partner
My husband twice received handsome engraved invitations to presidential dinners. For those events and many others, I was the perpetual plus-one.
Ana Marie Cox
Ana Marie Cox
Word History
First Known Use
1977, in the meaning defined above
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