classmate

noun

class·​mate ˈklas-ˌmāt How to pronounce classmate (audio)
: a member of the same class in a school or college

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Bebe, Alice and Elsie’s friends and classmates have come together to support each other and remember the girls in their own way. Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025 Another group of kids resolves to find out what happened to their missing classmate, which leads them inevitably to the town's sewers. Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2025 Daniel Restrepo, an internist at Massachusetts General Hospital who had been one of my classmates in residency, would be competing against CaBot. Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025 Jones, the Air Force major from Illinois, said Menon is already being peppered with questions from her classmates. Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for classmate

Word History

First Known Use

1713, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of classmate was in 1713

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“Classmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/classmate. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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classmate

noun
class·​mate ˈklas-ˌmāt How to pronounce classmate (audio)
: a member of the same class in a school or college

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