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classmate

[klas-meyt, klahs-]

noun

  1. a member of the same class at a school or college.



classmate

/ ˈɑːˌɪ /

noun

  1. a friend or contemporary of the same class in a school, college, etc

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of classmate1

An Americanism dating back to 1705–15; class + mate 1
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He said it was alarming that there were cases in which some children were rioting and attacking the houses of classmates.

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Apart from Noah Wyle’s heroic, beleaguered doctor in “The Pitt,” you could make the case that Cooper’s turn as Jamie, a 13-year-old accused of murdering a classmate, is the year’s best work on television.

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The gap between pupils eligible for free school meals and their classmates had also widened.

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In her address, Ms Jiang emphasised the value of Harvard's international classrooms, noting how that taught her and her classmates to "dance through each other's traditions" and "carry the weight of each other's worlds".

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After 13 years of school, Selma Jenvin-Steinsvag and her classmate Aksel were running to catch the Oslo metro in red overalls.

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