Ex-partner

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

Example

More examples

"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."

Etymology

From ex- + partner.

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