: one of two or more persons sharing the same room or living quarters
called also roomie
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Since his villa roommates voted to oust him over the controversial Huda Mustafa and Taylor Williams, Charlie has been in a Fiji hotel room watching Netflix — and also catching up on the dozen Season 7 episodes in which the actor/model appeared.
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Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 22 June 2025
The three women lived in the Moscow home with two female roommates who went physically unharmed in the attack early on a Sunday morning.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 19 June 2025
Whitten kept trying to get his old roommate in the door.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 19 June 2025
But none of it is fussy or deliberately ugly, like the furniture of his roommates.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 16 June 2025
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Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 22 June 2025
The three women lived in the Moscow home with two female roommates who went physically unharmed in the attack early on a Sunday morning.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 19 June 2025
Whitten kept trying to get his old roommate in the door.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 19 June 2025
But none of it is fussy or deliberately ugly, like the furniture of his roommates.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 16 June 2025
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“Roommate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roommate. Accessed 5 Jul. 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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