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housemate
/ ˈhaʊsˌmeɪt /
noun
- a person who is not part of the same family, but with whom one shares a house
Word History and Origins
Origin of housemate1
Example Sentences
As an adult, when his rent surpassed his income, he found friends willing to take him in as a housemate.
Before agreeing to participate, he spoke to his parents, partner and housemates.
They accused her of making questionable parenting choices, like taking the baby to a nail salon when he was 2 months old and leaving him with her housemate so she could go to a concert out of state.
Sanchez and her housemates feel they are being punished for having sought a safer place to live.
So far, I’ve used it on two subfreezing camping trips, two backyard firepit hangs, one drive-in movie, one patio happy hour, and much to the amusement of my housemates, several cold mornings at my desk.
Recently, my 20-something niece was delighted to share the query by her housemate in D.C.: “Are you related to Amy Siskind?”
The smallest housemate's pouf is about as iconic as her orange skin, though she's decided to retire the former.
Alas, his relationship with housemate Sammi sure broke that one quickly.
Every self-proclaimed guido should know this, according to housemate J-WOWW.
So he went away, vaguely indignant, and his new housemate comforted him, and he came no more.
Old Angus, however, was not so passive an observer of his new and unlooked-for housemate.
Dahlia lived seven years her sister's housemate, nurse of the growing swarm.
Never again would Susanna be just the same to her young housemate that she had been.
The "portfolios" were found, shortly after Emily Dickinson's death, by her sister and only surviving housemate.
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