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adjectivemateless (not comparable)
- not comparableWithout a mate.
That he did not glory, however, in his mateless solitude, but rather, like a true knight, longed for the first opportunity pour faire le gallant, vis-à-vis de sa maitresse, is pleasantly testified in the letter that is now subjoined.
1848, [William] Wilkie Collins, Memoirs of the Life of William Collins, Esq., R. A., volume I, London: Longman, […] , page 227
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adjectivewithout a sexual mate
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APA
mateless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mateless
MLA
“mateless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mateless. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mateless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mateless.
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