Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A schoolmate.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One educated at the same school; an associate in school; a schoolmate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One bred at the same school; an associate in school.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun someone who goes to the same
school ; aschoolmate
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an acquaintance that you go to school with
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Examples
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Your favourite schoolfellow, Louis Manoir, has suffered several misfortunes since the departure of Clerval from
Chapter 6 2010
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Your favourite schoolfellow, Louis Manoir, has suffered several misfortunes since the departure of Clerval from
Chapter 5 2010
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Friend and schoolfellow of Victor and Elizabeth from childhood; murdered by the Creature.
Henry Clerval 2010
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I met my old schoolfellow, the captain of the “Palm Tree.”
Pillars of Society 2008
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C — — —, an old schoolfellow, captain of the ship by which
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I met my old schoolfellow, the captain of the “Palm Tree.”
Pillars of Society 2008
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Caleb sat next his daughter; Dot and her old schoolfellow were side by side; the good Carrier took care of the bottom of the table.
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‘In case you do,’ said I, ‘pray say that I am sorry he was not here today, as an old schoolfellow of his was here.’
David Copperfield 2007
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After I had written to my aunt and told her of my fortunate meeting with my admired old schoolfellow, and my acceptance of his invitation, we went out in a hackney – chariot, and saw a Panorama and some other sights, and took
David Copperfield 2007
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And I cannot help avowing that this was the first occasion on which I really did justice to the clear head, and the plain, patient, practical good sense, of my old schoolfellow.
David Copperfield 2007
bilby commented on the word schoolfellow
"I am at a children’s party, given by the wife of an Indian officer whose children were schoolfellows of mine. I am only six years of age, but have attended a private school for over a year, and have already learned that China is a heathen country, being civilized by England. However, for the time being, I am a merry romping child."
- Sui Sin Far, 'Leaves from the mental portfolio of an Eurasian', 1890.
November 28, 2008