Yokefellow

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Yokefellow \Yoke"fel`low\, n. [Yoke + fellow.]
     An associate or companion in, or as in; a mate; a fellow;
     especially, a partner in marriage. --Phil. iv. 3.
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           The two languages [English and French] became


           yokefellows in a still more intimate manner. --Earle.
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           Those who have most distinguished themselves by railing
           at the sex, very often choose one of the most worthless
           for a companion and yokefellow.          --Addison.
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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Yoke-fellow
     (Phil. 4:3), one of the apostle's fellow-labourers. Some have
     conjectured that Epaphroditus is meant. Wyckliffe renders the
     phrase "the german felowe", i.e., "thee, germane [=genuine]
     comrade."