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Partiner(e, -inar(e, Partener(e, Pairtiner, n. Also: parth-, pert- and -inar(e, -yner(e, -ynar, -inour, -ineir; -enere, -enar(e; part-, pairtner. [ME. (c 1290) and e.m.E. partener, -iner (1297), etc., pertynere (c 1340), partner (1567).? Orig. an alteration of parcener (see Parsenere) under the influence of Part n.As in ME., some early examples may properly represent parcener etc. (see Parsenere), with c transcribed as t.]For the reading of par-, per-, see Par-.

A partner, in various applications.One who partakes or shares (with another) (of, also in, an experience, enterprise, possession, etc.); a partaker or sharer; an associate or colleague.(1) 1375 Barb. ii. 517.
Ilkane … Wald partenerys off thar [husbands'] paynys be c1420 Wynt. i. Prol. 61.
He mon … be partenere [W. personer] Off qwhat kyne blame that [etc.](b) c1420 Wynt. v. 1873.
Partynere Id. ii. 1007 (E²) (see Parsenere n. 1).
Pertineir 1574 Reg. Privy C. II. 362.
Pertineris 1587 Acts III. 451/2.
Beand merchand hamebringair or partiner of the saidis wynes 1590 Crim. Trials I. ii. 208.
The said murdour quhairin diuerse vtheris was pertineris 1594 Bk. Old Edinb. C. XXV. 57.
Mungo Gedeon and Michaell wer partineris of the work of the said paper making 1600 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 273.
Fra the pertineris of the cunyie hous 1618 Edinb. Test. L. 52.
Ane blok of herreine quhairof thair wes sex dailmen and partineris 1646 J. Hope Diary (1919) 133.
Partiners … of the working of silver lace 1646 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 69.
Of the partiners of the correction hous or manufactorie for braid cloth(c) a1400 Leg. S. xviii. 667.
Sa that I partenar ma be Of sicht of that joyful tre 1569 Inverness Rec. I. 175.
Thai that ar pertenaris of the haill salt presentlie brocht heir in thair crearis(d) 1525 Mill Mediæv. Plays 142.
Johne Malesone and Johne Hay quhilkis war pertinaris of the said quheit 1549 Wemyss Chart. 177.
Maister Johnne Arnot [etc.] … and certane vtheris partinaris thairof [sc. a pinnace] 1560 Admir. Ct. Bk. 154.
Aganis James Prowde pertinar and clerk for the tyme of the schip 1562 Inverness Rec. I. 81.
As partinar and pairt takar of his faderis thred and legasie 1571 Ib. 206.
As pertinaris in bying and selling of certan tymmer 1572 Ib. 222.
Quha desyrit me be ane pertinar of the said schip wyth him 1574 Reg. Privy C. II. 410.
In caise the revelar be partinar of the awaytaking … of the said gold [etc.] c1610 Jok Uplandis Newis 15 b.
Quha was … partinaris of ther erronious pryd and dissobedience(e) 1569-73 Bann. Memor. 300.
Sum of the pairtineris of the murther(f) 1571 Reg. Privy C. II. 103.
James Scott and William Cant partners of the said Johnnes boat c1575 Balfour Pract. 623.(g) 1626 Justiciary Cases I. 49.
Being pairtner of the fact 1683 Edinb. B. Rec. XI. 82.
Pairtners(2) a1400 Leg. S. xviii. 1107.
Partenere With thame of that haly supare Ib. xxxviii. 505.
That scho mycht be parthenare With thai that say consumyt ware 1485 (c 1580) Edinb. B. Rec. I. 50.
Nor yit that ony of the toun that takis ony customes … have ony of Leith partinare thairof with him 1576 Reg. Privy C. II. 573.
Puneist as … partinaris with rebellis and thevis(b) 1554–5 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 207.
Pairtynar 1578 (1659) Dumfries Fleshers 5 May.
Incaice that any frieman marrow or be pairtiner with any vnfrieman 1633 Linlithgow B. Rec. 16 Aug.
That no merchand be pairtineris with skipperis dualland inwnfrie brugh(3) 1558–9 Reg. Episc. Aberd. I. lxiv.
Diverse that ar partinaris sayis [etc.] 1569 Inverness Rec. I. 175.
The dewetye … viz. euerilk pertenar ij bollis salt 1570 Leslie 125.
And for the revenginge of the same he wald be partiner as thair member 1572 Buch. Detect. (1727) 41.
Was it that he … micht the mair willingly beir with ane partner in use of his wyfe? 1587 Carmichael Etym. 25.
Particeps, a partner 1597 Paisley B. Rec. 206.
That na fleshour … sell thair fleshe as pertinaris togidder 1600 Conv. Burghs II. 80.
And that thai be nocht takismen pertiners nor cautioun 1613 Wedderb. Compt Bk. 240.
Tua punscheounis wyne perteining to Walter Kynnereis & pairtenaris 1628 Reg. Privy C. 2 Ser. II. 621.
The jewillir … wold seim to be pairtner at the least upoun the knawledge of the said thift(4) 1546 Grant Chart. 98.
The said James the Graunt and his partinarris fewarris of Wrquhard and Glenmoristoune 1552 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 172.
Vnto me and my partynaris Ib.
Pertynaris 1565 Reg. Privy C. I. 330. 1566–7 Reg. Privy S. V. ii. 283/2.
With command to the saidis contractaris thair collegis and partinaris 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 48.
He and his partinaris in the kingis murthour 1600 Ayr B. Acc. 48.
For his and his perteneris denneris 1603 Shetland Sheriff Ct. (ed.) 107.
Pertineris c1610 Melville Mem. 334.
Ther salbe a mutenirie raised within the toun be our frendis and parteners sa that [etc.] 1645 Tulliallan Coal Wks. 146 b.
To Thomas Lamb and the restt off his pertinouris in bountith