What is "conversational partner"

Usage examples of "conversational partner".

She and her husband, Henri, had not been separated, as had other couples, to provide each with a stranger for a conversational partner.

At intervals that varied unpredictably the furniture within this living room would rearrange itself, and suddenly you would find yourself face-to-face with a new conversational partner.

Library rules: it's hard to speak normally when one's conversational partner is whispering.