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ex-partner

noun

Etymology

From ex- + partner.

  1. derived from partītiōnem
  2. derived from parçonier
  3. inherited from partener
  4. formed as ex-partner — “ex- + partner”

Definitions

  1. Someone who was once a partner (any sense) but is not one any more.

    • The wiseguy repeatedly knocked the businessman's ex-partner, who both agreed was a lazy son of a bitch and didn't hold up his end of the business.
    • What with his ex-partner having embezzled most of his detective agency right out from under him and hightailed it to parts unknown, and with Sam not having two dollars to his name at the moment, things were grim.
    • You may, for example, feel that you are angry because your ex-partner has not brought the children home on time again.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA