Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A person considered with reference to his means or position as related to marriage: as, a good parti (French un bon parti), a good match in regard to pecuniary and social status.
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- noun dated Someone (especially a man) who is considered to be a good choice for
marriage , because of wealth, status etc.
Etymologies
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Examples
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River, the coöperative spirit of doing the housework together, the satirical commencements in parti-colored caps and gowns, lent themselves toward a reproduction of the comradeship which college life fosters.
Twenty Years at Hull-House, With Autobiographical Notes 1910
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The green leaves rustled overhead, with glimpses of intensely blue sky between; and brilliant patches of sunshine flickered down upon groups of wild-looking, half-savage figures in parti-coloured garments.
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They simply won’t give any, and as a policy, you know — what you call a parti pris, a deep game — that’s positively remarkable.”
The Ambassadors 2003
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They simply won't give any, and as a policy, you know -- what you call a parti pris, a deep game -- that's positively remarkable. "
The Ambassadors Henry James 1879
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In horses, an eye made up of both blue and brown parts is also called a parti-colored eye or blue-chip eye.
TheHorse.com News 2009
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Roans are classified as parti-colors and may be of any of the usual roaning patterns.
unknown title 2009
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Four of the six authors of the report were almost better described as parti pris campaigners than experts.
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Commn* nicationem, aat, alb modo JiaABObs concefTas annullaremus,. & revocanemus, ac alias parti - cuUres illis concederemus •
Adm. rev. p. F. Lucii Ferraris ... Prompta Bibliotheca canonica, juridica, moralis, theologica ... 1782
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He is a great 'parti' among a certain set down here.
Red Pottage Mary Cholmondeley 1892
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-- that my Lord Callonby had not only witnessed but approved of my attachment to his beautiful daughter, and for reasons probably known to him, but concealed from me, opined that I was a suitable "parti," and gave all due encouragement to my suit.
The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Volume 1 Charles James Lever 1839
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