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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Nobody suspected anything sinister when a sixth grader at Okubo Elementary School in Sasebo, Japan, asked her 12-year-old classmate Satomi Mitarai to leave their classroom just before lunch break on June 1, 2004. Christine Pelisek, People.com, 15 June 2025 The parents of a classmate had bought a poster-size map of the world for their daughter. Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 15 June 2025 Piasecki, the husband of a college classmate, had a child die a year later. Matt Villano, CNN Money, 13 June 2025 That's just an appetizer CT high school’s joy in graduation dimmed by classmate taken by ICE. State Rep. Matt Blumenthal, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for classmate

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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 Jun. 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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