"schoolmate" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-schoolmate.wav [US] Forms: schoolmates [plural]
Etymology: school + -mate Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|school|mate}} school + -mate Head templates: {{en-noun}} schoolmate (plural schoolmates)
  1. A person who was a fellow attendee at one's school. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: fellow [obsolete, slang], schoolfellow, school mate Hyponyms: deskmate, classmate, schoolfriend Translations (person who attended school with the subject): съученик (sǎučenik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), spolužák [masculine] (Czech), skolekammerat [common-gender] (Danish), medstuderende [common-gender] (Danish), koulukaveri (Finnish), koulutoveri (Finnish), camarade [feminine, masculine] (French), camarade d'école (French), Schulkamerad (Schulkameradin f) [masculine] (German), Mitschüler (Mitschülerin f) [masculine] (German), iskolatárs (Hungarian), мектептес (mekteptes) (Kazakh), condiscipulus [masculine] (Latin), condiscipula [feminine] (Latin), colega de classe [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), yachakuq masi (Quechua), однокла́ссник (odnoklássnik) [masculine] (Russian), kolega [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kolegica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), condiscípulo [masculine] (Spanish), condiscípula [feminine] (Spanish), compañero de clase [masculine] (Spanish), skolkamrat [common-gender] (Swedish), kaeskuwela (Tagalog)

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      "sense": "person who attended school with the subject",
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      "sense": "person who attended school with the subject",
      "word": "iskolatárs"
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      "roman": "mekteptes",
      "sense": "person who attended school with the subject",
      "word": "мектептес"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "person who attended school with the subject",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "person who attended school with the subject",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who attended school with the subject",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "colega de classe"
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      "code": "qu",
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      "sense": "person who attended school with the subject",
      "word": "yachakuq masi"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "odnoklássnik",
      "sense": "person who attended school with the subject",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "sense": "person who attended school with the subject",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "person who attended school with the subject",
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