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teammate

[teem-meyt]
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noun
  1. a member of the same team.
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Origin of teammate

First recorded in 1910–15; team + mate1
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Historical Examples

  • Rushed out after the retreating enemy to avenge his team-mate, I guess.

    On the Yukon Trail

    Roy J. Snell

  • Hugh, running faster than he ever had in his life, barely managed to come in second ahead of his team-mate Murphy.

    The Plastic Age

    Percy Marks

  • She encountered her team-mate Pafflow and tried to find a speaker who was using his language.

    The Cup of Fury

    Rupert Hughes

  • In passing it is well to bear in mind that the object in view is to give the ball securely to one's team-mate.

    Swimming Scientifically Taught

    Frank Eugen Dalton and Louis C. Dalton

  • So Felipe did not meet with difficulty from that direction; nor did he have trouble in the direction of the team-mate herself.

    Bred of the Desert

    Marcus Horton

British Dictionary definitions for team-mate

team-mate

noun
  1. a fellow member of a team
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Word Origin and History for team-mate

teammate

n.

1901, from team (n.) + mate (n.).

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