Howdy Partner

The word ‘partner’ seems to have replaced all the other descriptions of a person closely familiar with you. It applies no gender or previous cultural bias.

Partner is one associated with another especially in an action: associate, colleague our military partners throughout the world.

Partner is a person with whom one shares an intimate relationship: one member of a couple.

Partner is either of two persons who dance together.

Partner is one of two or more persons who play together in a game against an opposing side.

Partner could be described as the better half, consort, mate, significant other, spouse, ally, associate, colleague, companion, friend, husband, participant, spouse, squeeze, wife, accomplice, assistant, buddy, chum, cohort, collaborator, comrade, confederate, crony, date, helper, helpmate, mate, pal, playmate, sidekick, teammate, coworker, sweetheart, woman, girl, lover, fiancée, inamorata, querida, steady, girlfriend, bird, mot, patootie, dona, bibi, lady, lady friend, lady love, young lady, betrothed, leman, lover, sweetheart, loved one, love, beloved, darling, dearest, young, man, man friend, man, escort, suitor, wooer, admirer, worshipper, follower, live-in lover, cohabiter, common-law husband, the love of one’s life, the apple of one’s eye, the object of one's affections, jong, fella, baby, date, lover, boy, flame, fancy man, boy toy, sugar daddy, boyfriend, intended, swain, beau, steady, gallant, paramour to name but a few.

The term ‘partner’ is rather generic without any emotional connection. A partner could be a roommate or a business associate. Both could be connected with financially or even romantically but the term ‘partner’ will never relay that to another.

The Lone Ranger had a partner in an Indian called Tonto. In the original series no one questioned their relationship together, but in this time of gender transitions and acceptable taboos, one can wonder of their ‘partnership’. 

Ke-mo sah-bee; often spelled kemo sabe, kemosabe or kimosabe is the term of endearment used by the fictional Native American sidekick Tonto in the American television and radio programs The Lone Ranger. It has become a common catchphrase.

Ultimately derived from gimoozaabi, an Ojibwe and Potawatomi word that may mean “he/she looks out in secret”, it is sometimes translated as “trusty scout” or “faithful friend”.