copartner

Example Sentences

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In 1924 the British threw the remaining troops of their "copartner" out of the Sudan; 16 months ago, the Egyptians got equally fed up.

From Time Magazine Archive

This gave occasion of talk and jealousy, as if he were well pleased at the removal of his copartner in the government.

From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh

But he would not permit himself to become a silent copartner in what, to his strict notion of the inviolability of the marriage contract, was one of the most heinous crimes against society and morals.

From Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 by Thompson, Slason

Fenelon had a relative and friend in the person of the Abbe d'Urfe, his copartner in the work of the missions.

From Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV by Parkman, Francis

Were he to become a copartner, he would, in engaging in the conjoint activity, have the same interest in its accomplishment which others have.

From Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education by Dewey, John