Comate

//ˈkəʊmeɪt// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Companion, fellow, mate. rare

    "Now my Coe-mates,and brothers in exile : Hath not old cuſtome made this life more ſvveete Then that of painted pompe ? Are not theſe vvoods More free from perill then the enuious Court ?"

Adjective
  1. 1
    comose (having a coma, or bushy, hairy appearance). archaic
Adjective
  1. 1
    of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair wordnet
  2. 2
    bearing a coma; crowned with an assemblage of branches or leaves or bracts wordnet

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aceamigoassociateattendantbedfellowbedmate

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"Now my Coe-mates,and brothers in exile : Hath not old cuſtome made this life more ſvveete Then that of painted pompe ? Are not theſe vvoods More free from perill then the enuious Court ?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

First attested in 1600; borrowed from Latin cōmātus, from cōma (“hair”) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Etymology 2

First attested in 1576; from co- + mate.

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