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domestic partner

either partner () of an unmarried heterosexual or homosexual couple in a relationship (domestic partnership) considered as being equivalent to marriage for the purpose of extending certain legal rights and employment benefits

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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