1A member of a group that has more power or influence than other members.
the senior partner in the five-party coalition government
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The president said, "there is no senior partner and junior partner in our relations, there is simply engagement based upon mutual respect, common interests, and shared values."
Senior partners France and Germany will have two representatives each on the board, but neither can be a civil servant.
In this alliance, there are no old members or new members, no senior partners or junior partners - there are just allies, pure and simple.
Fracking in the Conservative Party's heartland areas in southern England could prove politically challenging for the senior partner in the coalition government.
The Vice President and the man who would replace him have begun to dominate the political conversation at a moment when their senior partners seek to keep politics at arm's length.
The senior partners in government are rarely willing to admit they made any mistakes at all, let alone criminal fraud.
It's a symptom of the our defence establishment's mentality as an anxious junior ally, afraid of giving its senior partner any reason to curtail the flow of intelligence.
In his keynote speech, the Deputy Prime Minister claimed a series of victories over the party's senior partner as he made a pitch for more coalition in 2015.
Although the US was clearly the senior partner in the expulsion of the country's president, it's worth emphasising the importance of France's contribution.
All of which shows Snedden's suggestion that New Zealand might team up with senior partner Australia to bid for a football World Cup to be serendipitous.
1.1The head or joint head of a business partnership.
the senior partner of a firm of solicitors
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He was conscientious and hard working and retired as senior partner because he was finding life as a GP very stressful.
Two of the senior partners, who both bring in a lot of business, can't stand each other.
The mother-of-two said that women were put off becoming judges or senior partners in law firms as the hours are not conducive to a family life.
A former senior partner with a Los Angeles accounting firm was charged with insider trading.
He had most recently been senior partner in the consulting practice and senior vice president for business development.
Working with this Senior Partner, you will perform all of the traditional secretarial duties to the point of acting as a Personal Assistant.
She drafted the rules for the association without consulting the senior partners and without taking advice from expert lawyers within the firm.
He became the quango's senior partner for strategy and development.
She sued for $16 million, based largely on lost income and what she could have earned if she'd been promoted to senior partner.
Wood joined the London office of the firm as senior partner, a new post.