Meanings
plural ticketmates
- Synonym of running mate.
First, Reagan showed a flexibility and an imagination in finding a ticketmate that Barry Goldwater never evidenced.
2021, David W. Reinhard, The Republican Right since 19451 more example
Cuomo's ticketmate, Attorney General Robert Abrams, also defeated a little - known GOP opponent by nearly 600,000 votes in New York City, and in the rest of the state by 729,000 votes.
1989, Peter W. Colby, John Kenneth White, New York State Today, page 10Synonyms: running mate
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of running mate.
Origin
From ticket + -mate, modelled after running mate.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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