noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Somebody with whom one works; a coworker.

   "He loved going to the boozer for lunch with his workmates."

2. 2
   a fellow worker wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

adjunctassociatebusiness partnerbuttycohortcolaborer /colabourer

Example

More examples

"I know John – he's a workmate of mine."

Etymology

From work + -mate.

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