domestic partner

noun

plural domestic partners
1
: a company especially in a developing country that joins in a commercial venture with an international company
2
: either member of an unmarried cohabiting couple especially when considered as to eligibility for spousal benefits
domestic partnership noun

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Her death came just months after Tania Thomas, 47, was also strangled while with her domestic partner Anthony Curry, also serving a life sentence in the same prison, according to NBC News. Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025 Pitt and Jolie were domestic partners for ten years before finally tying the knot in 2014. Joseph Galizia, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025 The bar was built by her domestic partner, local artist and musician Diego Florez-Arroyo. Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Denver Post, 3 Mar. 2025 But two months later, the Alec Baldwin film is yet to secure a domestic partner after its production was overshadowed by on-set tragedy when cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed after a gun held by star Baldwin during rehearsals fired a live round. Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 17 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for domestic partner

Word History

First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of domestic partner was in 1975

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“Domestic partner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/domestic%20partner. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.

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