dormmate

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noun

One who shares the same dorm.

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Meanings

noundormmate (plural dormmates)

plural dormmates

  1. One who shares the same dorm.

    In other letters, she would convey a mounting exasperation with her rigid conservative father and disdain for both “debutante” dormmates and an acid-dropping friend.

    2007 July 29, Mark Leibovich, “In the ’60s, a Future Candidate Poured Her Heart Out in Letters”, in New York Times

Origin

From dorm + -mate.

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Cite this entry
APA

dormmate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dormmate

MLA

“dormmate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dormmate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dormmate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dormmate.

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