Usually means: Training counterpart for skill improvement.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word sparring partner:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. sparring partner: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sparring partner: Merriam-Webster
  3. sparring partner: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. sparring partner: Collins English Dictionary
  5. sparring partner: Vocabulary.com
  6. sparring partner: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. sparring partner: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. sparring partner: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. sparring partner: Dictionary.com
  10. Sparring partner: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. sparring partner: Rhymezone
  12. sparring partner: FreeDictionary.org
  13. sparring partner: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. sparring partner: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sparring partner: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sparring partner: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sparring partner: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Note: See sparring_partners as well.)

Definitions from WordNet (sparring partner)

noun:  a boxer who spars with another boxer who is training for an important fight


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