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roommate

[room-meyt, room-]

noun

  1. a person who is assigned to share or shares a room or apartment with another or others.



roommate

/ ˈruːmˌmeɪt, ˈrʊm- /

noun

  1. a person with whom one shares a room or lodging

“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 roommate1

An Americanism dating back to 1780–90; room + mate 1
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Just don’t have Palmer play Jar Jar Binks’ father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s former roommate, please, because Dark Helmet already spent that punch line on Lone Starr back in 1987.

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Lawrence had a passion for unusual scents ever since college, when a roommate introduced her to the indie fragrance brand Amorphous Perfume.

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They’re not roommates but might as well be; they invariably reside in one of their rooms long before the first pitch when Woolery braids Grant’s hair while watching “Catfish,” a favorite television show.

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I had a roommate and my roommate’s cousin was friends with this girl.

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He said his roommate at his home, about six miles away, also heard the blast.

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