Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A companion or associate in one's school.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of either sex who attends the same school; a school companion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A pupil who attends the same school as another.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who attended the same
school .
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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However, Cappelletti recalled a schoolmate, Stephano Aluffi, who carried the name of a noble family.
Durangoherald.com 2009
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Speaking as a schoolmate of Bill O'Reilly's from his later days at Chaminade High, I implore him now to confess his sins and seek absolution for killing the NPR career of Juan Williams.
Rory O'Connor: Bill O'Reilly: Juan Williams Died for Your Sins Rory O'Connor 2010
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"Soda and some gum," adds Shatera Della, her friend and schoolmate.
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- When Barry Beach was convicted of murder in 1984 for the killing of a female schoolmate, Miami Vice was a hit TV show.
Barry Beach Adjusts To New Life After 3 Decades In Prison 2011
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She attended all her dances and all her picnics over again; went through her school days, recalling the face and name and seat of every schoolmate; endured the gray bleakness of the years in the orphan asylum; revisioned every memory of her mother, every tale; and relived all her life with Billy.
CHAPTER XIV 2010
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They reacted to the crisis with a masterstroke, using the Bradford League veteran and Dewsbury businessman Solly Adam, who had recruited India's Vinod Kambli to play for Spen Victoria, to approach Kambli's schoolmate Tendulkar to fill the void.
Sachin Tendulkar's Yorkshire roots helped make him a master of modesty 2011
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One of the ladies mentioned running into an old schoolmate of mine who was part of the misinformed schoolyard troika of way-back-then.
How to Write Like a Cartoonist Scott Adams 2010
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Speaking as a schoolmate of Bill's from his later days at Chaminade High, I implore him now to confess his sins and seek absolution for killing the NPR career of Juan Williams.
Rory O'Connor: Bill O'Reilly: Juan Williams Died for Your Sins Rory O'Connor 2010
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Because in this 1974 made-for-TV shocker, Ronald is a teenager (one in dire need of a shower) who was hidden away in a spare room of a house after accidentally killing a schoolmate.
Friday List: Hilarious horror movies Jen Chaney 2010
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Speaking as a schoolmate of Bill's from his later days at Chaminade High, I implore him now to confess his sins and seek absolution for killing the NPR career of Juan Williams.
Rory O'Connor: Bill O'Reilly: Juan Williams Died for Your Sins Rory O 2010
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