schoolmate

[skool-meyt]

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noun

a companion or associate at school.

Origin of schoolmate

First recorded in 1555–65; school¹ + mate¹

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Related Words for schoolmate

comrade, acquaintance, chum, classmate, friend

Examples from the Web for schoolmate

Contemporary Examples of schoolmate

Later, Shuler invokes the death of a schoolmate who hanged himself.
The Twisted History of the Noose
Kevin Canfield
August 27, 2014
Laura and her passenger, schoolmate Judy Dykes, were both treated at the local hospital for their own bruises.
Behind Laura Bush's Car Crash
A. L. Bardach
May 2, 2010

Historical Examples of schoolmate

Whittier said he had the Captain Ireson story from a schoolmate who came from Marblehead.
Whittier-land
Samuel T. Pickard
Can that be Bart Hodge, my schoolmate, chum, and comrade of Fardale?
Frank Merriwell's Bravery
Burt L. Standish
He had no money, so he and a schoolmate decided to walk to Prague.
Mitz and Fritz of Germany
Madeline Brandeis
He was a schoolmate of Coleridge and intimate with him for fifty years.
Genius in Sunshine and Shadow
Maturin Murray Ballou
A schoolmate of Milt's, he had been a visitor in the family for a decade and more.
Painted Veils
James Huneker

British Dictionary definitions for schoolmate

schoolmate

schoolfellow

noun

a companion at school; fellow pupil

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