partner
/ˈpɑrt·nər/ n [C]Definition
› one of two people who do something together or are closely involved in some way: Children, hold your partner’s hand when you cross the street. › A partner in a company is one of the owners. › A partner is also one of two people who dance together or who play a sport or a game together, esp. when they play as a team. › A person’s partner can also be the person to whom someone is married, or to whom the person is not married but with whom they have a close relationship. partnership /ˈpɑrt·nərˌʃɪp/ n [C/U] › [C] a business partnership
(Definition of partner n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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