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PARDNER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pardner mean?
• PARDNER (noun)
The noun PARDNER has 1 sense:
1. an associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest
Familiarity information: PARDNER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
collaborator; cooperator; pardner; partner
Context example:
sexual partners
Hypernyms ("pardner" is a kind of...):
associate (a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pardner"):
bridge partner (one of a pair of bridge players who are on the same side of the game)
dancing partner (one of a pair of people who dance together)
Context examples
"I now propose a toast, as my 'friend and pardner, Sairy Gamp', says. Fun forever, and no grubbing!" cried Jo, rising, glass in hand, as the lemonade went round.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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