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classmate

[klas-meyt, klahs-]

noun

  1. a member of the same class at a school or college.



classmate

/ ˈɑːˌɪ /

noun

  1. a friend or contemporary of the same class in a school, college, etc

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of classmate1

An Americanism dating back to 1705–15; class + mate 1
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At a moment of vulnerability, Harper is buttonholed by an old classmate named Sue.

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The children picked up from each other using phrases such as "I would like to build on" or "I would like to challenge" the ideas put forward by their classmates.

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He said it was alarming that there were cases in which some children were rioting and attacking the houses of classmates.

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Apart from Noah Wyle’s heroic, beleaguered doctor in “The Pitt,” you could make the case that Cooper’s turn as Jamie, a 13-year-old accused of murdering a classmate, is the year’s best work on television.

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The gap between pupils eligible for free school meals and their classmates had also widened.

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