Meanings
plural castmates
- Someone with whom one performs together, as a member of a cast.
“We are all so utterly devastated by the loss of Matthew,” the five actors said. “We were more than just castmates. We are a family.[…]”
2023 October 30, Sian Cain, “Friends stars release statement after death of Matthew Perry: ‘We were more than just castmates’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN1 more example
A few feet away, her friend and castmate Tara Ross, also 18, was applying makeup; outside their door, a couple of boys were sacked out on a couch, studying notes in binders.
2007 June 14, Melena Ryzik, “Unwelcome at Home, Student Play Is a Hit in New York”, in The New York Times
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*kas-
- Proto-Germanic*kastōną
- Old Norsekasta
- Middle Englishcasten
- Englishcast
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Germanic*ga-
- Proto-Germanic*matiz
- Proto-Germanic*matjô
- Proto-West Germanic*gamatjô
- Old Saxongimato
- Middle Low Germanmate
- Middle Englishmate
- Englishmate
- Englishcastmate
Cite this entry
castmate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/castmate
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