: one of two or more persons sharing the same room or living quarters
called also roomie
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However, according to Griffith's roommate Louis Colombo, Flores Narvaez would still come over to their house to hang out with Griffith and watch TV.
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Mason Leath, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
His daughter Sadie Sandler stars as a college freshman who befriends a girl (Chloe East) who ends up being an awful roommate.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
Chandler Levack‘s new film is structured like a Russian nesting doll of roommate stories, as the two girls are confronted by a guidance counselor who decides to tell them another story of freshman year roommates who didn’t get along at first.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 17 Apr. 2026
One of Evelyn’s friends told Kowalsky Shapiro that her son’s roommate at Occidental might be willing to coach Judy.
—Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026
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Mason Leath, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
His daughter Sadie Sandler stars as a college freshman who befriends a girl (Chloe East) who ends up being an awful roommate.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
Chandler Levack‘s new film is structured like a Russian nesting doll of roommate stories, as the two girls are confronted by a guidance counselor who decides to tell them another story of freshman year roommates who didn’t get along at first.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 17 Apr. 2026
One of Evelyn’s friends told Kowalsky Shapiro that her son’s roommate at Occidental might be willing to coach Judy.
—Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026
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“Roommate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roommate. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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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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