Partner

[From part.] 1. One who acts, enjoys, or suffers with another; a partaker; an associate; as, she is the partner of my life, of my joys, of my griefs.

Those of the race of Shem were no partners in the unbelieving work of the tower. Raleigh.

2Sense 2. (Law.) An associate in any business or occupation; a member of a partnership; an associate in business under the contract of partnership. Burrill. Bouvier.

3Sense 3. One who dances with another, either male or female, as in a contra-dance.

4Sense 4. A husband or wife; a consort.

5Sense 5. (pl.) (Naut.) A framework of short timber fitted to the hole in a deck, to receive the heel of a mast or pump, &c. Dana.

Synonyms—Associate; colleague; coadjutor; confederate; sharer; partaker; spouse; companion.