: one of two or more persons sharing the same room or living quarters
called also roomie
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Madison and her roommate moved out a few months after the video was filmed and the footage was largely forgotten about until recently, when Madison decided to create the TikTok account @nala_leo_suli for their three cats.
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Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Facts of the battery case The case stemmed from a fight on March 12 between two roommates at a home on the 3900 block of West Vliet Street.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Podesta and Morse were roommates at California Institute of the Arts, or CalArts near Los Angeles.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2025
Early in the investigation, the surviving roommates were ruled out as suspects.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
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Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Facts of the battery case The case stemmed from a fight on March 12 between two roommates at a home on the 3900 block of West Vliet Street.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Podesta and Morse were roommates at California Institute of the Arts, or CalArts near Los Angeles.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2025
Early in the investigation, the surviving roommates were ruled out as suspects.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
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“Roommate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roommate. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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roommate
noun
room·mate
ˈrüm-ˌmāt 
ˈru̇m-
: one of two or more persons sharing a room or dwelling
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