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flatmate

British  
/ ˈflætˌmeɪt /

noun

  1. a person with whom one shares a flat

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More than 100 witnesses, including police officers, NHS workers and former flatmates, are expected to give evidence to the inquiry over nine weeks.

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Of course this isn't the case for all house-shares - but she thinks having an emotionally distant flatmate can make people "even more lonely" than if they lived alone.

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Meg hit it off with her flatmates and was enjoying the social side of university, joining swimming and netball teams.

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Robert's flatmates didn't go out much, and his course didn't feel very sociable.

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The best she and her flatmate could do, she says, is to have movie nights in a box room that they also use to hang their washing.

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