Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A schoolfellow; a fellow-student: as, “the prince and his book-mates,” Shak., L. L. L., iv. 1.

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

  • noun A schoolfellow; an associate in study.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A schoolfellow; an associate in studying.

Etymologies

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book +‎ mate

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