SCHOOLMATE

schoolmate, classmate, schoolfellow, class fellow

(noun) an acquaintance that you go to school with

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

schoolmate (plural schoolmates)

A person who was a fellow attendee at one's school.

Synonyms

• fellow (obsolete slang); schoolfellow

Hyponyms

• deskmate; classmate; schoolfriend

Source: Wiktionary


School"mate`, n.

Definition: A pupil who attends the same school as another.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

17 June 2025

RECREANT

(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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