bandmate

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/ˈbændˌmeɪt/

noun

Someone with whom one shares membership in a band.

OriginEnglish mate ← Middle English mate ← Middle Low German mate →
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Meanings

nounbandmate (plural bandmates)

plural bandmates

  1. Someone with whom one shares membership in a band.

Origin

  1. Englishband
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  4. Proto-Germanic*ga-
  5. Proto-Germanic*matiz
  6. Proto-Germanic*matjô
  7. Proto-West Germanic*gamatjô
  8. Old Saxongimato
  9. Middle Low Germanmate
  10. Middle Englishmate
  11. Englishmate
  12. Englishbandmate

From band + -mate.

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Translations

German Bandmitglied
  • Bandmitgliedsomeone with whom one shares membership in a band
Portuguese colega de banda
  • colega de bandasomeone with whom one shares membership in a band
Cite this entry
APA

bandmate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bandmate

MLA

“bandmate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bandmate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bandmate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bandmate.

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