: a person who lives in the same house with another
Examples of housemate in a Sentence
In college, she lived in a house off campus with five housemates.
The TV belongs to my housemate.
Recent Examples on the WebFollowing their first family dinner with all 10 housemates (Carl, 39, and Lindsay, 37, spent the first weekend in Washington, D.C.), the cast headed out to a bar.—Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2024 But the ice queen finally showed some fire after being unanimously voted out by her housemates on Thursday's live eviction episode.—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 6 Oct. 2023 There's even a confessional room, for guests to recap their fun (and gossip about their other housemates, 'natch).—Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2024 Creative Alex, a magnet for attention, becomes entangled in a love triangle with a new housemate, Noelle, putting his friendships on the line.—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 21 Feb. 2024 Hicks’ housemate, a fellow teacher, briefly spoke with her around 1 a.m. the morning of the killing, dozing off on a living room sofa.—Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2024 On the Idaho home's middle level, police found Xana Kernodle, 20, the third housemate, and her boyfriend Ethan Chapin, also 20, who lived at the Sigma Chi fraternity house on the other side of the university's band field.—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 30 Dec. 2023 Crossing paths with her boyfriend’s best friend and housemate wasn’t on the agenda.—Kimberly Bridson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024 On the second floor, police found the bodies of housemate Xana Kernodle and her boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, both 20.
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On a knife sheath under Mogen's body, investigators allegedly recovered a DNA sample that led them to Kohberger, according to a probable cause affidavit.—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 3 Nov. 2023
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