dormmate

English

Etymology

dorm +‎ mate

Noun

dormmate (plural dormmates)

  1. One who shares the same dorm.
    • 2007 July 29, Mark Leibovich, “In the ’60s, a Future Candidate Poured Her Heart Out in Letters”, in New York Times‎:
      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.
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