Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A person with whom one shares sleeping quarters.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun someone who occupies the same sleeping quarters as oneself.

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  • noun One who sleeps in the same area as (an)other(s).
  • noun Especially one who shares a bunkbed.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun someone who occupies the same sleeping quarters as yourself

Etymologies

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bunk +‎ mate

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Examples

  • His bunkmate was a tall, lean Nigerian, Technicadet M'Buna.

    Starchild Omnibus Pohl, Frederik & Williamson, Jack 1963

  • In 2007, while in Iraq with the Marine's 2nd Battalion, 7th Regiment, Hunt heard over the radio that his 20-year-old bunkmate had died in a roadside bombing.

    Veterans advocate kills self after war tours 2011

  • The audience is introduced to Pvt. Joker (Matthew Modine), a cynical but motivated marine; Pvt. Cowboy (Arliss Howard), Joker's bunkmate; and Pvt Pyle (Vincent D'Onofrio), an awkward, weak, and overweight marine who quickly becomes the target of much of Hartman's abuse!!!

    Del you have been all about movie trivia lately. Here is one for you, but a little story first... 2010

  • In your memoir, Where Rivers Change Direction, you write about your mentor and ranch bunkmate John, a WWII veteran and cowboy.

    A Conversation with Mark Spragg about An Unfinished Life 2010

  • The audience is introduced to Pvt. Joker (Matthew Modine), a cynical but motivated marine; Pvt. Cowboy (Arliss Howard), Joker's bunkmate; and Pvt Pyle (Vincent D'Onofrio), an awkward, weak, and overweight marine who quickly becomes the target of much of Hartman's abuse!!!

    Del you have been all about movie trivia lately. Here is one for you, but a little story first... 2010

  • Marta and Maria were joined by another girl, Inez Trujillo, the tiny one, and her bunkmate, Catarina Gonzalez.

    The Lensman's Children Fred Kiesche 2010

  • And I had to spend the entire night with one eye glued to my bunkmate, the bigger of the two Sicilians, whose ripe body odor was industrial-strength and whose face looked like it had run into the business end of a butcher knife.

    Dancing with the Devil Louis Diaz 2010

  • Marta and Maria were joined by another girl, Inez Trujillo, the tiny one, and her bunkmate, Catarina Gonzalez.

    Archive 2010-03-01 Fred Kiesche 2010

  • And I had to spend the entire night with one eye glued to my bunkmate, the bigger of the two Sicilians, whose ripe body odor was industrial-strength and whose face looked like it had run into the business end of a butcher knife.

    Dancing with the Devil Louis Diaz 2010

  • If a man touches a woman, her parents, relatives and bystanders off the street mete out justice that even Big Al, the WWE bunkmate in your jail cell, would admire.

    Charlie Sheen To Make More Two And A Half Men, The Turd 2010

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