Added 8 October 2026
party
/ˈpɑːti/ noun
In Latin: convīvium, cōmīssātiō Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about party at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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A person or group of people constituting one side in a legal proceeding, such as in a legal action or a contract. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
The contract requires that the party of the first part pay the fee.
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A person; an individual.
He is a queer party.
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With to: someone who takes part in an action or affair; an accessory.
I can't possibly be (a) party to that kind of reckless behaviour.
verb
adjective
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Divided; in part. Divided into parts of different tinctures, usually equal, and especially following the lines of one of the ordinaries.
an escutcheon party per pale
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Divided into parts of different tinctures, usually equal, and especially following the lines of one of the ordinaries.
an escutcheon party per pale
- Shared by two properties and serving to divide them.
Origin
From Middle English party, partye, partie, from Anglo-Norman partie, from Old French partie (“side, part; portion, share; separation, division”, literally “that which is divided”), noun use of feminine of past participle of Old French partir (“to divide, separate”), from Latin partire (“to share, part, distribute, divide”), from pars (“a part, piece, a share”); see also part. First attested in c. 1300. Doublet of partita. The sense of communist party of a communist state derives Russian партия (partija), short for Коммунистическая партия (Kommunističeskaja partija). By surface analysis, part + -y (“noun suffix”).
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