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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Rocha’s cellmate packed his belongings for him, detention officer Garrett Taylor said on the witness stand.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
Next up, Condon tackles Kiss of the Spider Woman, a musical set in an Argentinian prison, where two cellmates distract themselves by recounting the plot of a Hollywood musical.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
Márquez said Friday that the cellmate heard the fall and found Pittman unconscious on the floor.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2025
According to the Justice Department's report, Epstein later asked to be returned to the cell with the same cellmate after he was kept on suicide watch for a day.
—Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
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Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
Next up, Condon tackles Kiss of the Spider Woman, a musical set in an Argentinian prison, where two cellmates distract themselves by recounting the plot of a Hollywood musical.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
Márquez said Friday that the cellmate heard the fall and found Pittman unconscious on the floor.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2025
According to the Justice Department's report, Epstein later asked to be returned to the cell with the same cellmate after he was kept on suicide watch for a day.
—Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
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“Cellmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cellmate. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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