† comˈpartner Obs.
Also 6–7 -partener.
A partner along with others, a copartner.
| 1563–87 Foxe A. & M. (1684) II. 437 Gardiner and his compartners. 1564 Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees) 216, I being his compartener. 1645 Digby Nat. Bodies xi. (1657) 103 The soul..is the bodies compartner. 1701 Beverley Apoc. Quest. 18 Ephraim, the Compartner..to Dan in Idolatry. |
Hence † comˈpartnership = copartnership.
| 1634 Ford P. Warbeck iv. ii, My wife's compartnership. 1652 Gaule Magastrom. 239 Whether you shall become poor by suertiship, compartnership, etc. |