roommate
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[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹu(m)ˌmeɪt/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
[edit]roommate (plural roommates)
- A person with whom one shares a room, as in a dormitory, barracks, rooming house, or apartment.
- (US, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, Canada) A person sharing the same home albeit not the same room (but generally not a family member or spouse).
- 2016, “Learning English (public domain)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], archived from the original on 18 September 2017:
- I live with Marsha. We’re roommates.
- (LGBT slang, humorous, ironic) A same-sex significant other with whom one lives; a coinhabitant in a non-heterosexual relationship.
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