housemate

noun

house·​mate ˈhau̇s-ˌmāt How to pronounce housemate (audio)
: a person who lives in the same house with another

Examples of housemate in a Sentence

In college, she lived in a house off campus with five housemates. The TV belongs to my housemate.
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She had been promoted to house mom, and her duties included administering drug and breathalyzer tests to housemates. John Branch, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024 Listen to this article A resident of a Staten Island group home was fatally stabbed by a housemate, cops said. John Annese, New York Daily News, 24 Nov. 2024 One of the seven housemates was Michael Mizanin, a 20-year-old college kid from Parma, Ohio. Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024 Boston housemate Elka Walker were on the winning team. Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for housemate 

Word History

First Known Use

1593, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of housemate was in 1593

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“Housemate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housemate. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.

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housemate

noun
house·​mate -ˌsmāt How to pronounce housemate (audio)
: a person who lives with another in the same house

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