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Opposite number

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person who holds a position in an organization, sports team, or the like, that corresponds to that held by another person in another organization; a counterpart idiomatic

    "The first up train was the morning semi-fast ex Buncrana, which sped through with No. 8 at its head, adroitly exchanging staffs at about 15 m.p.h. […] The next train through Tooban was our opposite number, and we duly received the vital staff."

  2. 2
    a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another wordnet

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