stablemate

American  

[stey-buhl-meyt] / ˈsteɪ bəlˌmeɪt /

noun

1. a horse sharing a stable with another.

2. one of several horses owned by the same person.

3. Informal. a person or thing originating from or belonging to the same establishment, field, etc., as another.

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Etymology

Origin of stablemate

First recorded in 1925–30; stable ¹ + mate ¹

Example Sentences

He became CEO at YSL’s stablemate Bottega Veneta in 2019.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

But Hershey’s consumers are more price sensitive outside of holiday seasons, and the brand has more recently been overshadowed by its stablemate Reese’s, which garnered more buzz with product news and innovations, Palmer said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

And the 4-6 favourite cruised to victory under Paul Townend by seven and a half lengths from stablemate Jade De Grugy for a third triumph at the Festival.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2025

AMC stablemate and fellow antihero-for-the-ages portrayer Bryan Cranston beat Hamm in four of those years for his performance as Walter White on “Breaking Bad.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2024

Just inches ahead of Fair Knightess was He Did, the horse famous for having sideswiped Sea- biscuit’s old stablemate Granville at the start of the 1936 Kentucky Derby, knocking his jockey off.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand