schoolmate

[ skool-meyt ]

/ ˈskulˌmeɪt /

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noun

a companion or associate at school.

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Origin of schoolmate

First recorded in 1555–65; school¹ + mate¹

Words nearby schoolmate

school-leaver, schoolma'am, schoolman, schoolmarm, schoolmaster, schoolmate, school milk, schoolmistress, school night, school of arts, school of hard knocks

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How to use schoolmate in a sentence

The book begins in the 1960s and then trades perspectives among Thula’s family members and a collective chorus of her schoolmates to tell the story of the next 40 years of struggle.
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Nevertheless, she didn’t let the negative comments from her schoolmates keep her down.
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Later, Shuler invokes the death of a schoolmate who hanged himself.
The Twisted History of the Noose|Kevin Canfield|August 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In a segment designed to congratulate a jock for befriending an autistic schoolmate, Kathie writes a song called “All Alone.”
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Laura and her passenger, schoolmate Judy Dykes, were both treated at the local hospital for their own bruises.
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My new-found old schoolmate had become the financial manager of a great business house having ramifications throughout the world.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
As a friend and schoolmate, Tchaikovsky displayed the same qualities which distinguished him as a child at Votinsk.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
Can that be Bart Hodge, my schoolmate, chum, and comrade of Fardale?
Frank Merriwell's Bravery|Burt L. Standish
We see cases in which a child tries to help the beloved schoolmate in every possible difficulty or trouble.
The Sexual Life of the Child|Albert Moll
This was Teresa Maldo, the lovely half-Spanish girl who had been her favourite schoolmate at the convent over the hill.
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British Dictionary definitions for schoolmate

schoolmate

schoolfellow

/ (ˈskuːlˌmeɪt) /

noun

a companion at school; fellow pupil

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British Dictionary definitions for schoolmate

schoolfellow