Definitions

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  • noun One who shares the same dorm.

Etymologies

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dorm +‎ mate

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Examples

  • Later, when I walked in on her in bed with a dormmate, she told me, "Don't be awkward."

    Why I Love It ... 2007

  • Tom told him that he was not at liberty to lend the mug, but encouraged his dormmate to ask the counselor if he could use it.

    It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend Richard Lavoie 2005

  • Tom told him that he was not at liberty to lend the mug, but encouraged his dormmate to ask the counselor if he could use it.

    It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend Richard Lavoie 2005

  • Tom told him that he was not at liberty to lend the mug, but encouraged his dormmate to ask the counselor if he could use it.

    It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend Richard Lavoie 2005

  • Tom told him that he was not at liberty to lend the mug, but encouraged his dormmate to ask the counselor if he could use it.

    It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend Richard Lavoie 2005

  • One of the more dutiful students finished the assigned reading and then ran to a dormmate, book in hand, and said, "You've got to read this, you won't believe it!"

    Archive 2004-11-01 2004

  • I remember going with a dormmate to some weekend campus Christian thingamabob, and while I couldn't stand the cheesy music and such, they all really did seem happy.

    Planet Atheism 2010

  • Meester will become the target of an obsessed dormmate.

    The Movie Blog 2009

  • Never would you have to pass through forced silences with some random dormmate.

    The Chronicle 2008

  • I got this new dormmate, a Swedish Palestinian guy, let's say he is well built * cough* fat.

    Chinalyst - China blogs in English 2008

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