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
Clare Morgana GillisExamples of cellmate in a Sentence
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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
It had been recommended that Epstein have a cellmate after being taken off suicide watch, but the Metropolitan Correctional Center failed to assign one.
—Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 17 Sep. 2025
An initial report from the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office noted a cellmate had alerted jail staff that Muniz Jimenez appeared to be unconscious and in medical distress.
—Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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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
It had been recommended that Epstein have a cellmate after being taken off suicide watch, but the Metropolitan Correctional Center failed to assign one.
—Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 17 Sep. 2025
An initial report from the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office noted a cellmate had alerted jail staff that Muniz Jimenez appeared to be unconscious and in medical distress.
—Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Cellmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cellmate. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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