Meanings
plural crèchemates
- A person with whom one shares a crèche.
2018, Val Roberts, The Unique Solution, Wylde Hare Press “You expect me to believe you have an Exec crèchemate?” He curled his lip and leaned in close.
2 more examples
I put it back in my cubby, next to a chain a crèchemate gave me when I was little and a gingko leaf preserved in some kind of molded crystal.
2019, Elizabeth Bear, Ancestral Night, Saga Press, →ISBN, page 194“Lsel has lots of children running around—usually in big crèchemate agegroups — I got into all sorts of things when I was that age.
2019, Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire, Tor Books, →ISBN
Origin
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crèchemate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cr%C3%A8chemate
“crèchemate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cr%C3%A8chemate. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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