seatmate
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of seatmate
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
That seatmate turned out to be Jean-Louis Dumas, then the chief executive of Hermès.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
Meanwhile, Mr Davis’ seatmate Toby Pearl, from Wales, was providing CPR to a passenger who was unconscious.
From BBC • May 28, 2024
On the flight to Nashville, my seatmate, a nurse and a practicing Catholic, clocking my reading material, confessed her love for Kingsbury.
From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2024
Faye said she took off her mask so her seatmate could hear her and said “on the count of three I’m going to unbuckle him. We’re going to pull him out.”
From Seattle Times • Jan. 9, 2024
Unfortunately for Farrington, his seatmate was an off-duty policeman.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
