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  • noun Alternative form of wingman.

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Examples

  • The angry cry from their injured wingmate ignited the ire of the dragons, and as if they had been given orders from Aket-ten, Kiron watched in astonishment as they did something he had never seen Jousting dragons do before.

    Aerie Lackey, Mercedes 2006

  • That was the kind of action he would have expected from a wingmate in Earth Command, not a man whomhe had shown nothing but hostility and disdain.

    Starfleet Year One Michael Jan Friedman 2002

  • “So did I,” said his wingmate, never taking his eyes off the man in the gray suit.

    Starfleet Year One Michael Jan Friedman 2002

  • They were guiding the hulking Beschta to a table, taking care of their old wingmate.

    Starfleet Year One Michael Jan Friedman 2002

  • But in reality, it was an Earth ship that was moving, interposing herself between the enemy and her battered wingmate.

    Starfleet Year One Michael Jan Friedman 2002

  • After a few moments speaking to her wingmate, she mounted her dragon and gave a yank on the reins.

    The Doom Brigade Weis, Margaret 1996

  • After a few moments speaking to her wingmate, she mounted her dragon and gave a yank on the reins.

    The Doom Brigade Weis, Margaret 1996

  • After a few moments speaking to her wingmate, she mounted her dragon and gave a yank on the reins.

    The Doom Brigade Weis, Margaret 1996

  • After a few moments speaking to her wingmate, she mounted her dragon and gave a yank on the reins.

    The Doom Brigade Weis, Margaret 1996

  • Another wingmate had swooped to catch the rider, but the green dragon, his left wing crisped, his body scorched, had died of shock and phosphine poisoning.

    DragonFlight McCaffrey, Anne 1968

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