stablemate

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noun

One (such as a racehorse) from the same stable.

Similar
stable companion
UncommonScrabble 14

Meanings

nounstablemate (plural stablemates)

plural stablemates

  1. One (such as a racehorse) from the same stable.
  2. One from the same organization or background.

    That is why we are stepping in to fill the gap, partnering with the homeless charity Centrepoint, its patron the Duke of Cambridge (rather helpful in getting things done), various tech partners and our former stablemates, The Independent and the London Evening Standard.

    2016 November 21, Oliver Duff, Letter from the Editor, in the i, № 1,869, page 3/5

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna horse stabled with another or one of several horses owned by the same person

Similar
stable companion
Broader
horseEquus caballus

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sth₂dʰlóm
  3. Proto-Italic*staðlom
  4. Latinstab(u)lum
  5. Anglo-Normanstable
  6. Middle Englishstable
  7. Englishstable
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  10. Proto-Germanic*ga-
  11. Proto-Germanic*matiz
  12. Proto-Germanic*matjô
  13. Proto-West Germanic*gamatjô
  14. Old Saxongimato
  15. Middle Low Germanmate
  16. Middle Englishmate
  17. Englishmate
  18. Englishstablemate

From stable + -mate.

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Translations

Finnish työkaveri, työtoveri
  • työkaverione from the same organization
  • työtoverione from the same organization
  • joukkuetoverione from the same organization
  • tallikaverione from the same organization
  • koulukaverione from the same organization
  • koulutoverione from the same organization
  • opiskelukaverione from the same organization
  • armeijakaverione from the same organization
  • tallikaverione from the same stable

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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