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

I must hear speake a word also of Mr. John Oldom, who was a copartner with him in his after courses.

From Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' From the Original Manuscript. With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript to Massachusetts by Bradford, William

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

In addition to Gabriel Tolliver, Nan Dorrington was a plotter to be reckoned with, especially when she had as her copartner Tasma Tid, who was as cunning as some wild thing.

From Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction by Harris, Joel Chandler