variants
or less commonly cell mate
plural cellmates also cell mates
: a person who shares a prison cell with another prisoner
When his cellmates learned that his bond had been set at $1 million (and bail at $500,000), they broke into laughter and shook their heads in disbelief.—
Richard Behar
Richard BeharWithin a week, guards came by at night and told me to get ready. … I said goodbye to my cellmates and gathered my things …—Clare Morgana Gillis
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Hampton has just completed a long stint in solitary confinement, and his cellmate Rudy (Adam Beach) urges him to find a purpose or risk extending his now three-year-long sentence for check fraud once again.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 16 Apr. 2025
California prison officials are investigating whether a detainee killed his own cellmate behind bars — at the same facility where two women were killed just months apart on conjugal visits.
—Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
The project centers on a political prisoner (Luna), whose cellmate (Tonatiuh) creates a fantasy Hollywood narrative involving his favorite star, Ingrid Luna (Lopez).
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Mar. 2025
The Department of Correction told state police the inmate dumped his cellmate’s body in the common area before confessing.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2025
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 16 Apr. 2025
California prison officials are investigating whether a detainee killed his own cellmate behind bars — at the same facility where two women were killed just months apart on conjugal visits.
—Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
The project centers on a political prisoner (Luna), whose cellmate (Tonatiuh) creates a fantasy Hollywood narrative involving his favorite star, Ingrid Luna (Lopez).
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Mar. 2025
The Department of Correction told state police the inmate dumped his cellmate’s body in the common area before confessing.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cellmate
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“Cellmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cellmate. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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