Dormmate

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who shares the same dorm.

    "In other letters, she would convey a mounting exasperation with her rigid conservative father and disdain for both “debutante” dormmates and an acid-dropping friend."

Example

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"In other letters, she would convey a mounting exasperation with her rigid conservative father and disdain for both “debutante” dormmates and an acid-dropping friend."

Etymology

From dorm + -mate.

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