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ˈroom-mate orig. U.S.
[f. room n.1]
One who lodges in or occupies the same room or rooms with another; a fellow-lodger.
1789W. Dunlap Father iv. 42 We were room mates at Halifax. 1838J. L. Stephens Trav. Russ. & Turk. Emp. I. 251 With a Frenchman and a Greek for my room-mates. 1849W. S. Mayo Kaloolah (1850) 107 My interesting room-mates were so far recovered as to be able to take the air upon deck. 1873C. M. Yonge Pillars of House III. xxx. 170 The room and the room-mate that had seemed so disgusting to home-bred Felix. 1899Whiteing 5 John St. 210 Little Nance, the chum and room-mate of Tilda. 1912A. Brazil New Girl at St. Chad's i. 19 One of my room-mates snored atrociously. 1923Jrnl. Exper. Psychol. VI. 436 She admitted having sold..clothing taken from her roommate. 1949A. Huxley Let. 11 May (1969) 598 It would be very unwise to try to pay back two thousand in the first year—particularly at the price of having a room mate. 1951Sport 27 Apr.–3 May 8/3 Stan and Jack are fellow-Geordies who were England room-mates last summer. 1954W. K. Hancock Country & Calling ii. 66 My room⁓mate, Percy Dicker, is now my brother-in-law and a man of renown in the Wangaratta district of Victoria. 1975D. Lodge Changing Places ii. 101 His roommate freaked out on LSD. 1978H. Wouk War & Remembrance xxviii. 287 The third roommate, the squadron exec, was writing in the ready room. |