copartner

American  

[koh-pahrt-ner, koh-pahrt-] / koʊˈpɑrt nər, ˈkoʊˌpɑrt- /

noun

1. a partner or associate, as in a business.

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copartner British  

/ kəʊˈpɑːtnə /

noun

1. a partner or associate, esp an equal partner in business

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Other Word Forms

• copartnership noun

Etymology

Origin of copartner

First recorded in 1495–1505; co- + partner

Example Sentences

Eumenides is overtaken by the ghost of Jack, who becomes his servant, or “copartner,” provides him with money, and slays the conjurer while invisible, thus breaking the spell of all the enchanted persons.

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We want an equality of rights, so far as copartners are concerned.

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Women have been admitted as copartners with men in the guardianship of the public health.

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They, each, agreed that they would forbear to do certain things, if their copartners would forbear to do the same things.

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For some time before the close of school he and Danny Murphy had been copartners in a tremendous secret enterprise.

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