flatmate
noun
flat·mate
ˈflat-ˌmāt 
chiefly British
: one of two or more persons sharing the same flat
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At least one of her flatmates can't be bothered to learn her actual name.
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Richard Edwards, Space.com, 13 Apr. 2025
In January of this year, Italy’s highest-ranking court affirmed a slander finding against Knox for accusing an innocent man, Patrick Lumumba, of murdering her flatmate.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2025
But when Allie decides to give her ex-fiance a second chance and jilts her new flatmate, Hedra’s demure
demeanor begins to shift and increasingly sour.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 6 Mar. 2025
Nor is there any depth whatsoever to a host of support characters played by attractive actors who don’t get to do a lot of acting here, perhaps excepting an alternately lively and too-strenuous Ayden Cross as Shaw’s flatmate Ella.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 22 Jan. 2025
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Richard Edwards, Space.com, 13 Apr. 2025
In January of this year, Italy’s highest-ranking court affirmed a slander finding against Knox for accusing an innocent man, Patrick Lumumba, of murdering her flatmate.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2025
But when Allie decides to give her ex-fiance a second chance and jilts her new flatmate, Hedra’s demure
demeanor begins to shift and increasingly sour.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 6 Mar. 2025
Nor is there any depth whatsoever to a host of support characters played by attractive actors who don’t get to do a lot of acting here, perhaps excepting an alternately lively and too-strenuous Ayden Cross as Shaw’s flatmate Ella.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Flatmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flatmate. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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