either of a pair of people engaged together in the same activity

arrange the children in pairs so that each person has a partner

the striker looked sharp and eager as Jackson's partner in attack

she and her dance partner were on the show for seven weeks

either member of a married couple or of an established unmarried couple

she lived with her partner

a friendly form of address by one man to another

how you doing, partner?

be the partner of

young farmers who partnered Isabel to the village dance

a timber framework secured to and strengthening the deck of a wooden ship around a hole through which a mast, capstan, pump, etc. pass

the mast was not chocked at the partners as it should have been