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workmate

British  
/ ˈwɜːkˌmeɪt /

noun

  1. a person who works with another; fellow worker

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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One table over, Keiren Clasby, owner of the 16-acre Malibu Fig Ranch at Sterling Farms, sat with her workmate Cheri Caleb.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Kreager, as his workmate, speedskates on the surface of Peter’s despair, wisely playing the manic top side rather than the abyss below.

From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2022

John noticed a physical change in his workmate.

From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2019

“I’m fed up now,” my workmate announced, and promptly destroyed the widget he was working on.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 8, 2016

At times he refused to run without a workmate.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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