PARTNER

I. noun see: parcener Date: 14th century one that shares ; partaker, 2. one associated with another especially in an action ; associate , colleague , either of two persons who dance together, one of two or more persons who play together in a game against an opposing side, a person with whom one shares an intimate relationship ; one member of a couple, a member of a ~ship especially in a business, one of the heavy timbers that strengthen a ship's deck to support a mast, ~less adjective II. verb Date: 1611 transitive verb to join or associate with another as ~, to provide with a ~, intransitive verb to join as a ~