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workmate

British  
/ ˈwɜːkˌmeɪt /

noun

  1. a person who works with another; fellow worker

"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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One table over, Keiren Clasby, owner of the 16-acre Malibu Fig Ranch at Sterling Farms, sat with her workmate Cheri Caleb.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Prosecutor David Dickson told the court Muirhead later sent a message to a work colleague in which she asked the workmate to submit her resignation on her behalf.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2023

Voiced by Leigh with great humor and fearless vulnerability, she’s a bubbly but insecure Midwestern sales rep treating herself to a weekend away with a female workmate.

From Slate ● Dec. 31, 2015

Chowdhry played Martin Freeman's workmate: a bumbling, immigrant Indian architect – a parody of those same caricatures he deconstructs on stage.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 18, 2012

It was often said that Fitzsimmons nearly ruined Seabiscuit by using him as a workmate for Granville, pulling him up during hot contests to bolster Granville’s confidence.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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