: one of two or more persons sharing the same room or living quarters
called also roomie
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In 2009, 22-year-old Amanda Knox was wrongfully convicted of murdering her roommate while studying abroad in Italy.
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Erin Lassner, HollywoodReporter, 26 Jan. 2026
Flagg also won the first two Rookie of the Month awards for the Western Conference, a feat only achieved by his Eastern Conference counterpart Kon Knueppel —who was also Flagg’s former college roommate at Duke.
—Mike Curtis, Dallas Morning News, 26 Jan. 2026
Her roommate at Fort Carson in Colorado, a fellow soldier who’d been pushing Sanders to go after her chef dreams, was murdered by another soldier.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 26 Jan. 2026
My roommate Joe — who now runs OTT Wrestling is incredible and amazing — got fired.
—Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 26 Jan. 2026
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Erin Lassner, HollywoodReporter, 26 Jan. 2026
Flagg also won the first two Rookie of the Month awards for the Western Conference, a feat only achieved by his Eastern Conference counterpart Kon Knueppel —who was also Flagg’s former college roommate at Duke.
—Mike Curtis, Dallas Morning News, 26 Jan. 2026
Her roommate at Fort Carson in Colorado, a fellow soldier who’d been pushing Sanders to go after her chef dreams, was murdered by another soldier.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 26 Jan. 2026
My roommate Joe — who now runs OTT Wrestling is incredible and amazing — got fired.
—Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 26 Jan. 2026
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“Roommate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roommate. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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roommate
noun
room·mate
ˈrüm-ˌmāt 
ˈru̇m-
: one of two or more persons sharing a room or dwelling
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