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flatmate

British  
/ ˈflætˌmeɪt /

noun

  1. a person with whom one shares a flat

"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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Coincidentally, his flatmate began creating similar content on TikTok around the same time.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

Mohammed works as a finance associate while her flatmate Samat is a retail manager.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

"You don't have to be connected with everyone all the time," said his flatmate Hannah Steiner, 23.

From BBC Apr. 29, 2025

Her flatmate later contacted the police on her behalf.

From BBC Oct. 22, 2024

“My flatmate doesn’t know that I’ve lost my job. So I go into London, as usual, and I go to libraries, to job hunt, to work on my CV.”

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

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